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Aug 21, 2020 · Architecture. 60 Years Ago, The Modernist City of Brasília Was Built From Scratch. There are few cities in the world that fascinate architecture lovers as much as Brasília, the Brazilian capital ...
- Stefanie Waldek
- May Utopia Overcome Dystopia
- Brasília: Made only by Men?
- On The Small Experiences of Urban Life in The Heart of Brasília
- It's All Brasilia!
by Daniel Mangabeira - Bloco Arquitetos Brasília and quarantine are antagonistic. This city was not invented for cloistered residents. Obviously no cities were designed for this, but the Plano Piloto de Brasília has particularities that make seclusion the antithesis of what it was meant to be. Lucio Costa's French-affiliated city was born to be fre...
by Gabriela Cascelli Farinasso e Luiza Dias Coelho - Arquitetas inVisíveis Behind every great man is a great woman. A saying as common as it is ancient, has for years synthesized the relationship between architects-, and with Brasília, it would be no different. The process of creating the new Capital has forever cemented the names of Brazilian men ...
by Maribel Aliaga Fuentes - Professor at the Department of Design, Expression and Representation at FAU-UnB Today I decided to venture into a new world outside the Superquadras circuit. Early in the morning I left the Setor Hoteleiro Sul near Parque da Cidade towards Eixinho, crossed the W3 and went down the internal street of the southern commerci...
by Luiz Eduardo Sarmento - architect and urban planner at IPHAN and Senior Adviser at IAB-DF. "(...) I felt this movement, this intense life of the true Brasilians (...). This is all very different from what I had imagined for this urban center (...). Those Brazilians took care of it who built the city and are legitimately there. In fact, the dream...
- Victor Delaqua
Jun 7, 2019 · The architecture of Brasilia represents a break with colonial design of the past. AFP/Getty Images What life is like today in Brasilia. Jorge Guilherme de Magalhães Francisconi, a retired architect and urban planner, has lived in various areas of Brasilia since the 1970s. While he loves the city and views Costa and Niemeyer as national heroes ...
- Diana Budds
Region. Latin America and the Caribbean. Brasília (/ brəˈzɪliə / brə-ZIL-ee-ə, [5][6] Brazilian Portuguese: [bɾaˈzili.ɐ, bɾaˈziljɐ] ⓘ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District, located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino ...
Oct 2, 2024 · Brasilia, city, capital of Brazil. Located in the Federal District within Goias state on the central plateau of Brazil, it lies between the headwaters of the Tocantins, Parana, and Sao Francisco rivers. Because of its unique city plan and architecture, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1987.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Dec 7, 2012 · Oscar Niemeyer the Brazilian architect who died this week will be best remembered for Brasilia, the city he helped design in the late 1950s. Niemeyer's modernist architecture made Brazil's federal ...
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Brasilia, Brazil – 8 Cities in the world, famous for their Urban Planning. Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, stands as a testament to the genius of modern urban planning and architecture. Designed by the acclaimed architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio Costa, Brasilia was officially inaugurated on April 21, 1960.
