laid out Brasilia so that when seen from the air it resembles a jet plane. And on the ground the focus was on the very opposite of De Botton’s languor, with the city’s extra-wide avenues meant ...

Oscar Niemeyer the Brazilian architect who died this week will be best remembered for Brasilia, the city he ... the buildings like feathers touching the ground, all that creates an effect of ...

The round building is half-submerged in the landscape and the smooth concrete enclosure is lifted off the ground plane by six ... three fundamental premises of Brasilia," the team explained ...