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ARCHITECTS | The Political Thoughts of Chairman Niemeyer 2 :: Interview >...

Oscar Niemeyer, Fidel Castro, 1999 TOP > Fidel Castro eb Birán, en agosto de 2003 BOTTOM > Fidel and Oscar, Rio de Janeiro, 1992 ABOVE > Embaixada do Brasil em Cuba BELOW > A Universidad de...

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ARCHITECTS | Oscar’s French Connection :: Photos by Ludovic Lent for...

I’ve always liked Niemeyer’s French connection, and I think the French have honoured and respected the architect through the decades since he decamped there during Brazil’s long military dictatorship....

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ARCHITECTURE + ART | Oscar Niemeyer + André Malraux :: »The Ruins of...

What a find! The Alvorada is my favourite Niemeyer and this previously unpublished (and extremely beautiful) work by the architect features the palace’s columns … as ruins. What a visionary architect!...

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PHOTOGRAPHY | Brasília 1 :: Oscar Niemeyer, Senate and Congress, June 2009

Nice image of the twin icons of Brasília by “me.”  This shot reminds me of the early images of the City of the Future taken by Marcel Gautherot and his contemporaries: SOURCE > STASHPOCKET | High on...

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PHOTOGRAPHY | Brasília 2 :: Oscar Niemeyer, Senate and Congress, 31 December...

Two security guards stand on the roof of the National Congress building — projected by world-renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer —, on the eve of the inauguration of Brazil’s first female...

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ARCHITECTS + FOOD | Oscar Niemeyer’s Luxe Chocolate Bar :: Inside the...

In a previous post (below) I questioned the sanity of the world’s oldest living communist architect giving his imprimatur to chocolates that look like Le Corbusier chaise longues and cost a small...

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ARCHITECTURE + FASHION | Forum Jeans :: Cleaning Oscar Niemeyer’s Congress...

FORUM JEANS: THE »HELP CLEAN BRAZIL/AJUDE A LIMPAR O BRASIL« CAMPAIGN One of Laurent Seroussi’s photographs for a campaign by Brazilian jeans empire, Forum, struck me as a little déjà vu-y. Then I...

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ARCHITECTS | 2 of My Heroes Meet :: Niemeyer + Meier, October 2010

Two of my architectural heroes, Richard Niemeyer and Oscar Niemeyer, met and exchanged coffee table books of their works at Oscar’s Copacabana office in October 2010. Thanks to ArchDaily for the...

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ARCHITECTS | Zaha Hadid, Richard Meier + Frank O. Gehry :: Contrary Opinions...

Photo > “Frank Gehry” by Smaku, Flickr Zaha Hadid practically gushes in her enthusiasm for Niemeyer’s work (I’m with her!) and Richard Meier accords the man due respects. Frank Gehry, on the other...

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ARCHITECTURE + FASHION | SPFW :: Ronaldo Fraga ::: Athos: Do Início ao...

An amazing tribute to “The Artist of Brasília” from Ronaldo Fraga São Paulo Fashion Week Monday 31 January 2011   FOTO > Athos Bulcão by Roberta Falcone Blog La Estampsa | Athos from start to finish...

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ARCHITECTURE + FASHION | Athos Bulcão Flip Flops from Brasília Shopping + FAB

Sandal > Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport, Brasilia Sandália > Aeroporto Internacional Juscelino Kubitschek, Brasília Sandal > Panel Services City Park, Brasilia Sandália > Painel...

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URBAN PLANNING | Lúcio Costa + NASA :: Night View of Brasília from Space ::...

> Click to enlarge Brasilia, Brazil ISS026-E-016368 (8 January 2011) Brasilia, Brazil at night time is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 26 crew member on the International Space...

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ARCHITECTS | »Oscar Niemeyer, The Poetry of Shape« :: Panoramic photos by...

Cool panoramas of Niemeyer’s obras from an exhibition in Moscow devoted to the 100th birthday of the famous architect, prepared with the assistance of the Embassy of Brazil. Thanks, Andrey! > Click...

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ARCHITECTS + MOSAICISTS | Furniture from Dpot Brasil :: Niemeyer + Athos (via...

dpot catalogo 2011 PDF Filed under: ARCHITECTS + ARCHITECTURE, ART + ARTISTS, BRASIL, CITIES | BRASÍLIA, FURNITURE, MID-CENTURY MODERN, OLYMPIC GAMES Tagged: "Talento Brasilerio", Athos Bulcão, Brasil,...

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ARCHITECTURE + GRAPHIC ARTS | »Oscar Niemeyer: Monumental Modernism« ::...

A series of gorgeous posters featuring three of Niemeyer’s most iconic buildings: the Copan, Brasília’s cathedral, and my favourite Niemeyer — Brazil’s presidential palace (o Palacio da Alvarado). I...

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