Nilson Nelson Sports Arena (formerly Presidente Medici Sports Hall), Ayrton Senna Sports Complex, Federal District, Brasilia: structural detail of the supporting buttresses Architect/Designer Niemeyer, Oscar (1907-2012) Artist/Photographer Malagamba, Duccio (1960-) Country Brazil City Brasilia Subject Date 1973 Image Date 2008 View Exterior Style Modern Movement Medium Digital image Orientation Landscape Colour Info Colour Credit Duccio Malagamba / RIBA Collections Subject Town planning ; Concrete ; Stadia ; Buttresses ; Round buildings ; Towns & cities
NOTES: The city of Brasilia was planned and developed in 1956 with Lucio Costa as chief urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as principal architect. It formally became the capital of Brazil in 1960 and is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government.
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