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Pampulha Modern Ensemble

The Pampulha Modern Ensemble is an urban project in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state of Brazil. It was designed around an artificial lake, Lake Pampulha, in the district of Pampulha and includes a casino, a ballroom, the Golf Yacht Club and the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi. The buildings were designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, in collaboration with the landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, Brazilian…

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1943

Pampulha, Pampulha, Brazil

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UNESCO World Heritage Site in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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Oscar Niemeyer

1907-2012 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as h…

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Oscar Niemeyer

studio · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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