I don’t know much about Brasilia. It is the capital of Brazil. It is, unlike the other major population centers in Brazil…inland. I’ve never been there.
It is an entirely designed city, and resembles an airplane from above, the curves of the city echoing the large lake beside (or in front of) it. It is a work still in progress, begun in 1957.
“Oscar Niemeyer, today one of the most famous world’s architects, combined straight and rounded shapes to create innovative architectural masterpieces. Lucio Costa, reknowned Brazilian urbanist, devised a lay-out combining beautiness, simplicity and functionality.”
It has cool buildings, some of which look bureaucratic/socialist and dated, some of which seem to transcend their time and place.
I’ve never seen anything quite like it.
Addition: The Atlantic Monthly has more on Brasilia, see: “A Vision In Concrete”
