In 1956, the newly elected president of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, visited architect Oscar Niemeyer at his home in Rio de Janeiro. There, in the modernist house with a swooping white roof known as ...
From the 19th century onwards, with the Industrial Revolution, the growing population, and the ever-more pressing demands for urban space in Europe, the first reflections on the city emerged. More ...
On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and boasting many architectural masterpieces. Here is an account of its ...
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