National Congress Complex

Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian architect, born 1907)
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Congresso Nacional
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121903
Date
1958-1960
Description
Horizontal view of entire front of the National Congress Complex, from north; In the Congresso Nacional complex (1958-1960), the shallow convex and concave domes of the Senate Chamber and House of Representatives are separated by a pair of slender, high-rise slabs behind them, housing the Secretariat; the composition forms a sculptural whole set within the bowl of the surrounding hills. Subsequently, ca. 1985-1986, Niemeyer designed and added movable brises-soleil to the curtain walling of the Secretariat buildings. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.groveart.com/ (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
legislative building; office building; skyscraper
Subject
architectural exteriors, City planning, ideal cities, Modernist
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