Supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro have damaged the iconic Oscar Niemeyer-designed National Congress, Planalto Palace and Supreme Court buildings after storming the capital of ...

Oscar Niemeyer designed a metropolis where ... The view from high hotel windows along Brasilia’s Monumental Axis, or principal street, is surely one of the most surreal to be had of any major ...

Brasília, Brazil’s capital city, stands as one of the most ambitious and controversial urban planning projects of the 20th ...

The city, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio ... into the sleek reflecting pools outside the presidential palace. The glass facade of the Supreme Federal Court ...

On January 8, thousands of supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former right-wing president, rioted in Brasilia ... and presidential palace and smashed windows, slashed paintings, and ...

In his 1994 book, “Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil,” historian David Underwood described the city as one “born of imperial ambitions and as such could only reinforce the ...

Oscar Niemeyer the Brazilian ... uses them," says Lord Foster. He calls Niemeyer's presidential palace, in particular, "a gem". "The problem with Brasilia as with anything new is that it has ...

Located in Brasília, on Three Powers Plaza, the Itamaraty Palace is a monumental architecture of arches. Inaugurated on April 21, 1970, the Oscar Niemeyer-designed building is unique in its position.