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What futuristic capital city did the famous architect Oscar Niemeyer plan and develop?
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The futuristic capital city that the famous architect Oscar Niemeyer planned and developed is Brasília, Brazil. Nowhere would Niemeyer demonstrate his love of curvature more expressively and elegantly than in his designs for the principal buildings of the city, a project begun in 1956. The dramatic Congressional Palace features two stark towers flanked by a domed structure and a bowl-shaped edifice for the upper and lower legislative houses. He placed the Palácio da Alvorada (the presidential residence) on a small peninsula jutting into a lake so that the sequence of parabolic columns on its façade casts a mirror image on the water. Niemeyer’s grandest achievement was the city’s cathedral, a stunning composition of 16 arched vertical supports with tinted-glass interstices. Four years after Brasília was completed, in 1960, Brazil’s elected government was overthrown in a military coup. Niemeyer, a member of the Communist Party, was harassed continually by the junta. He left the country and did not return until democracy was restored in 1985. Shop a collection of Oscar Niemeyer furniture on 1stDibs.
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Rare Oscar Niemeyer Rosewood 'ON' Sofa for Hotel SESC Rio de Janeiro, c 1980
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptionally rare and historically important three-seat sofa designed by Oscar Niemeyer for the Hotel SESC in Rio de Janeiro. This set comprises the sculptural 'ON' sofa accompan...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brazilian Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
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Oscar Niemeyer Rosewood 'ON' Lounge Chairs for Hotel SESC Rio de Janeiro, c 1980
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An exceptionally rare and historically important pair of 'ON' lounge chairs designed by Oscar Niemeyer for the Hotel SESC in Rio de Janeiro. This set comprises the pair of sculptural...
Category
Vintage 1980s Brazilian Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Leather, Rosewood
Oscar Niemeyer rocking chair longue model : « Rio » created in 1977
By Oscar Niemeyer, Anna Maria Niemeyer
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) Rio
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Rio
Rocking chaise longue
Painted plywood, caning and leather
Edited by Tendo
Manufacturer's label
Model created in 1977
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Category
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Leather, Cane, Plywood, Paint
Oscar Niemeyer Alta Lounge Chair & Ottoman for Mobilier International, c.1971
By Anna Maria Niemeyer, Oscar Niemeyer, Mobilier International
Located in Dublin, IE
Details
Alta Lounge Chair & Ottoman by Oscar Niemeyer and Anna Maria Niemeyer
Mobilier International
Newly upholstered in white leather
Stainless steel frame
Polyurethane foam ...
Category
Vintage 1970s French Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stainless Steel
Oscar Niemeyer Alta chair & ottoman Mobilier International
By Oscar Niemeyer
Located in Padova, IT
Oscar Niemeyer Alta chair for Mobilier International, France. 1970s. Brushed steel structure joined by plastic knobs, movable backrest, black...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
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Mid-Century Modern Rio Chaise by Oscar Niemeyer, 1978
By Anna Maria Niemeyer, Oscar Niemeyer
Located in New York, NY
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer and Anna Maria Niemeyer in 1978 and produced by Tepperman, the Rio chaise longue is constructed from lacquered molded plywood with a cane seating surface and a leather cylindrical neck cushion suspended by leather straps. The form follows a continuous sinuous curve, which functions simultaneously as structure and base. The cane panel is set within the black-lacquered plywood frame, and the leather cushion is secured at the headrest end by looped straps.
Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian architect whose practice defined the formal vocabulary of Brazilian modernism, collaborated on furniture design with his daughter Anna Maria Niemeyer. His architectural output, most extensively realized in the construction of Brasília from the late 1950s onward, was characterized by curved concrete forms, a quality that translated directly into the Rio chaise.Anna Maria Niemeyer contributed substantially to the furniture designs attributed to their collaboration during this period.
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Desenho da Utopia, Brazilian Modern Furniture...
Category
Vintage 1970s Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Chaise Longues
Materials
Leather, Cane, Wood


