Sao Francisco Church by Oscar Niemeyer architect
Niemeyer was named chief designer for a group of buildings at Pampulha, a residential suburb near Belo Horizonte. He designed a casino, restaurant, yacht club, and, most important, the church of S. Francisco (executed 1942-1943). The church is a series of concrete parabolic curves, and two of the walls are downward extensions of the roof. Inside of the church, you can find a beautiful and polemic mural painted by Candido Portinari.
Place: Pampulha district - Belo Horizonte, MG state, Brazil
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Valerij 13/05/2007 9:47
Is that a church? I am afraid our russian orthodox church is too orthodox to move into a new century with new architecture.Thanks for sharing. I am going to Wikipedia to read about that architect...
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