The Dark Side of Oscar Niemeyer

Brazil's most celebrated architect leaves behind a decidedly mixed legacy.

DECEMBER 11, 2012

In his designs, Niemeyer aimed to create a sense of Surrealist spectacle that would literally "shock and surprise" visitors out of their everyday lives. Above, the otherworldly Three Powers Square, which, Williams writes: "simultaneously invokes neoclassicism and Hollywood science fiction ... There is nowhere on Earth like it."

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