The Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia
Abstract
This article explores the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Brazil, the Itamaraty Palace which is one of the most important buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer in Brasilia. Besides the constructive complexity, in this project the architect organizes and ranks several spatial correlations, making the palace terrace - the varanda - its great architectural surprise.
Keywords
Modern Movement,
Modern architecture,
Brasilia modern architecture,
World Heritage,
Modern urban design,
Oscar Niemeyer,
Itamaraty Palace.
Issue 43
Year 2010
Pages 66-69
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.52200/43.A.D7ROBAKF