Rene Burri. Brasilia
Last year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil's capital Brasilia. Designed by architects L cio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, it has since become one of the most famous and widely…
Specifikacia Rene Burri. Brasilia
Last year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil's capital Brasilia. Designed by architects L cio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, it has since become one of the most famous and widely studied urban planning projects. Niemeyer's cathedral, Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida; his building for the national parliament, the Congresso Nacional; and the city's 707-foot television tower have become icons of twentieth-century architecture. The entire city, marked by its cross-shaped layout and vast open spaces, was named a UNESO World Heritage site in 1987.Ren Burri, an internationally celebrated Swiss-born photographer and member of the legendary Magnum agency, visited the city for the first time on a long journey around South America in 1958, when most of Brasilia was a vast building site. He returned many times over more than thirty years, documenting