Cathedral of Brasília

Architecture · 1958–1970 · Brasília · Americas

Sixteen curved concrete columns rise like raised hands in Brazil's new modernist capital

Author: Oscar Niemeyer
Style: Modern architecture (International Style) — A house as a machine for living: no ornament, function first, concrete, glass and the free plan
Century: 20th century

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