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2.Niemeyer's Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi
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•Designed in collaboration with the structural engineer Bruno Contarini and completed in 1996, the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum resembles a flying saucer hovering above Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay.
•In addition to exhibition space, the structure includes a viewing gallery, whose windows offer panoramic views of the water below and Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
•In addition to exhibition space, the structure includes a viewing gallery, whose windows offer panoramic views of the water below and Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance.
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•The swooping columns of the Cathedral of Brasília form a coronal shape called a hyperboloid structure.
•The Roman Catholic cathedral, most of which is set underground, is surrounded by a reflecting pool, under which worshipers pass to enter the building.
•It was completed in 1970 and is complemented by a similarly shaped bell tower and bronze sculptures of the four Evangelists by Dante Croce.
•The Roman Catholic cathedral, most of which is set underground, is surrounded by a reflecting pool, under which worshipers pass to enter the building.
•It was completed in 1970 and is complemented by a similarly shaped bell tower and bronze sculptures of the four Evangelists by Dante Croce.
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•Set on a “floating” platform, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court features a winglike colonnade surrounding the glass-encased judicial work space.
•Completed in 1958, the building forms one-third of Brasília’s Three Powers Plaza, along with the National Congress building and the Presidential Palace.
•Completed in 1958, the building forms one-third of Brasília’s Three Powers Plaza, along with the National Congress building and the Presidential Palace.