Palace II (building)

Palace II
Palace II
General information
Type	Residential
Location	Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Construction started	1990
Completed	1995
Demolished	February 28, 1998
Height	138 m (420 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	22
Design and construction
Civil engineer	Sérgio Naya

Last updated November 21, 2024

Palace II was a tower block built at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On February 22, 1998, parts of it collapsed, due to engineering error, killing eight people.^[1] Another part of its structure collapsed on February 27, 1998, and the remaining parts of the building were demolished on February 28, 1998.^[2] Before the building was demolished, researchers found empty piers and evidence of the usage of beach sand on the construction.^[3] All families had to move to hotels after the building's fall. They had no time to collect their personal objects in their apartments.

Although most of them have not yet received any kind of indemnity from the company responsible for building their homes, the Superior Court of Justice of Brazil announced, on April 9, 2008, the unblocking of 13 million reais (~6.5 million US dollars) earned through the auction of a property of Sérgio Naya, the civil engineer who had designed and built the building,^[4] which will be given to the 130 families who lived there.

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References

↑ Carla Costa Teixeira (2000). "Das "Bravatas" – Mentira ritual e retórica da desculpa na cassaÇÃo de Sérgio Naya" [Das “Bravatas” - On boasting, ritual lies and the rhetoric of excuses](PDF) (in English and Portuguese). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília/NuAP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
↑ "Mais um desabamento no prédio" [Another collapse of the building]. www.correiodopovo.com.br (in Portuguese). Correio do Povo. 28 February 1998. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
↑ Luisa Belchior (22 February 2008). "Desabamento do Palace 2 completa dez anos; vítimas buscam indenização" [10 years since the collapse of Palace 2; victims still seek compensation] (in Portuguese). Folha de Sao Paulo. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
↑ Maria Fernanda Erdelyi (9 April 2008). "Palace II: STJ libera dinheiro de indenização a vítimas do desabamento" [Palace II: STJ releases relief money to victims of collapse] (in Portuguese). Endividado. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

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[1] Carla Costa Teixeira (2000). "Das "Bravatas" – Mentira ritual e retórica da desculpa na cassaÇÃo de Sérgio Naya" [Das “Bravatas” - On boasting, ritual lies and the rhetoric of excuses](PDF) (in English and Portuguese). Brasília: Universidade de Brasília/NuAP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

[2] "Mais um desabamento no prédio" [Another collapse of the building]. www.correiodopovo.com.br (in Portuguese). Correio do Povo. 28 February 1998. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

[3] Luisa Belchior (22 February 2008). "Desabamento do Palace 2 completa dez anos; vítimas buscam indenização" [10 years since the collapse of Palace 2; victims still seek compensation] (in Portuguese). Folha de Sao Paulo. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

[4] Maria Fernanda Erdelyi (9 April 2008). "Palace II: STJ libera dinheiro de indenização a vítimas do desabamento" [Palace II: STJ releases relief money to victims of collapse] (in Portuguese). Endividado. Archived from the original on 2008-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

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