Oscar Niemeyer designed the Congresso Nacional in 1985, in the heart of Brazil’s government, Brasilia. As with much of Niemeyer’s Communist style, it is a cold and desolate design that rises like a deserted utopia in the midst of shantytowns …
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The Kiss nightclub fire in Santa Maria, Brazil that killed 233 people in 2013 is not an isolated event. The United States has one of the highest mortality rates from fire. The 2003 Station fire in Rhode Island that killed …
(Stella Dauer– flickr/creative commons license) Eduardo Corona, Roberto G. Tibau Pitombo and Antonio Carlos designed the Planetário Professor Aristóteles Orsini in Ibirapuera Park of São Paulo, Brazil. The building opened in 1957 and closed in 1999 due to roof leaks. …
(jimkillock– flickr/creative commons license) Roberto Gandolfi designed the Petrobras building in downtown Rio de Janeiro. It rises 108m or 29 floors with a floor area of 120,000 m². Blocks of building open up to open-air balcony with structure continuing through. …
(rvcroffi– flickr/creative commons license) Oscar Niemeyer designed the White Cable Station in João Pessoa Brazil, completed in 2008. The wavy yellow building and the concrete circular ramp recall his Caminho de Oscar Niemeyer and Niterói museum. The white ramp winds …
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Oca auditorium for the Oca Parque do Ibirapuera in São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1951. The white domed structure houses traveling art exhibits. The full name is Pavilhão Lucas Nogueira Garcez, and it was built to …
(Leandro’s World Tour– flickr/creative commons license) Oscar Niemeyer designed the President’s workplace, the Palace of the Highlands at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília, Brazil. It was completed in 1958 and recently restored. The central 36,000m2 building includes four …
Oscar Niemeyer designed Brasilia’s Catedral de Brasília, completed in 1970. Lúcio Costa also contributed to the city’s design. The Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida is a hyperboloid design with 16 concrete columns squeezing toward the center and then flaying out …
(Andréia Reis– flickr/creative commons license) Lina Bo Bardi converted an abandoned factory into the SESC Pompéia in São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1986. The reused structure contains workshops, exhibition spaces, a library, and theater. Angular bridges connect industrial landmark with …
(Rodrigo_Soldon– flickr/creative commons license) Ramos de Azevedo and Domiziano Rossi designed the Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo in Sao Paulo, Brazil, originally completed in 1905. Paulo Mendes da Rocha updated the design recently with minimalist modernity. Contemporary and 19th …