Andorinha Building
{{Short description|Building in Rio de Janeiro}}
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| architectural_style = Art Deco, Brazilian Modernist
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| years_built = 1930–1934
| groundbreaking_date = 1929
| opened_date = 1934
| demolition_date = 1996
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| architect = Rino Levi
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The Andorinha Building was an apartment building in Rio de Janeiro. It was destroyed by a fire in 1986.{{Cite news |title=Fogo e desespero matam no Andorinhas |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/030015_10/110398 |date=1986-02-18 |work=Jornal do Brasil |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional-Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira |issue=312 |page=1}}
After its demolition, it was replaced by the Torre Almirante.{{Cite web|url= http://www.emporis.com/buildings/149859/torre-almirante-rio-de-janeiro-brazil|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150513044348/http://www.emporis.com/buildings/149859/torre-almirante-rio-de-janeiro-brazil|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 13 May 2015|title = Torre Almirante, Rio de Janeiro|date = |accessdate = 17 August 2015|website = |publisher = Emporis|last = |first = }}
History
File:Mosaico do Edifício Andorinha.jpg
The building was located on the corner of Graça Aranha and Almirante Barroso avenues in central Rio de Janeiro.
On February 17, 1986, a short circuit in a two-way electrical system caused a fire, killing 21 people and injuring more than 50.{{Cite news |title=Morte, saída do inferno |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/154083_04/22349 |date=1986-02-18 |work=Tribuna da Imprensa |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional-Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira |issue=11217 |page=1}} Firefighters arrived a few minutes after the fire began, but were unable to take action until an hour later due to problems with their equipment, allowing the fire to destroy five floors in three hours.{{Cite web |url=https://memoriaglobo.globo.com/jornalismo/coberturas/incendio-no-edificio-andorinhas/noticia/incendio-no-edificio-andorinhas.ghtml |title=Incêndio no Edifício Andorinhas |date=2021-10-28 |website=Grupo Globo}}
The building had a mosaic panel by artist Belmiro de Almeida. Saved from the fire, the work that was abandoned for nearly twenty years was to be recovered in the beginning of the 21st century, being on display in the neighborhood of Lapa, in the capital of Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite news |title=Painel na Av. Chile |url=http://memoria.bn.br/DocReader/030015_11/245508 |date=1988-09-09 |work=Jornal do Brasil |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional-Hemeroteca Digital Brasileira |issue=154 |page=25}}
See also
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Category:Buildings and structures in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Category:Building and structure fires in Brazil
Category:Residential buildings completed in 1934
Category:Art Deco architecture in Brazil
Category:Buildings and structures demolished in 1996
Category:1996 disestablishments in Brazil
Category:1934 establishments in Brazil