Being such a large and diverse country, there is an endless list of landmarks spread across the country. From the more popular ones like the Christ the Redeemer Statue to unmissable architectural ...

His bold, sculptural designs led some to dismiss him as a “monumental sculptor.” But at a time when internationalist ...

His bold, sculptural designs led some to dismiss him as a “monumental sculptor.” But at a time when internationalist ...

Oscar Niemeyer and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx worked ... two elements add drama and monumentality to this modernist design. The Roman Catholic cathedral of Brazil's newly – at the time – ...

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, it features two domes ... Another masterpiece by Niemeyer, the Cathedral of Brasilia is an architectural wonder not to be missed. Its crown-like structure with a ...

The delicate white buildings that architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012 ... For the Catholic Church, Niemeyer built a peculiar cathedral, the bells of which were donated by Spanish dictator Francisco ...

along with buildings designed by the world-famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, who chose concrete as his medium for its ‘flow’, and structural engineer Joaquim Cardozo, who brought form to the ...

Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho was born on Dec. 15 ... His cone-shaped Metropolitan Cathedral is a circle of curved concrete pillars set like tepee poles with glass mosaic in between.

When it was inaugurated in 1960, it was unlike any other city in the world, with a radical, artistic urban plan by Lúcio Costa, striking edifices by Oscar Niemeyer, and its avant-garde landscape ...