Architecture Classics: Crematorium at Vila Alpina / Ivone Macedo Arantes

Equipe ArchDaily Brasil — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 04:00:00 +0000

The Jayme Augusto Lopes Crematorium, popularly known as Crematorium of Vila Alpina, is located in Jardim Avelino, on the east side of the city of São Paulo. It was designed by architect Ivone Macedo Arantes - at the time an employee of the Cemetery Department of the City of São Paulo - and was inaugurated in 1974. It is considered to be the first crematorium in Brazil and Latin America and one of the largest in the world.

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Architecture Classics: Crematorium at Vila Alpina / Ivone Macedo Arantes