Architecture of Brazil

In the 18th century, during the time of the Empire, Brazil followed European trends and adopted Neoclassical, Baroque, and Gothic Revival architecture.

Another example is the Maloca, a type of large, communal cabin used by some indigenous people in the Amazon regions of northern Brazil and southern Colombia.

Recently, however, these architectural models, reinterpreted with current techniques and materials, have received attention from some architects as an ecological alternative to address modern housing problem.

They founded Recife, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador in the colonial period; these cities saw the best expression of Brazilian architecture.

Built around 1872, this structure linked both upper and lower cities with four elevators, with air conditioning and offering views of the bay.

[1][2] The best examples of Baroque architecture in Brazil are found in the city of Ouro Preto where buildings start to take more ornate forms and rounded corners.

[5] In 1980, Unesco declared the city a “world monument” with 13 churches, 11 chapels, major museums, ancient bridges, and well-preserved houses.

A beige and white three-story building with a stone watering trough for horses in the back yard as well as dark flagstone cubicles where slaves lived.

[8][7] Neoclassicism refers back to ancient Rome and Greece by adopting their large multi story columns and grand triangular roofs.

The increasing amounts of money from exports from its rubber plantations region flourished particularly the capital city of Manaus.

The entire dome is wonderfully covered with 36,000 decorated ceramic tiles painted in the colors of the Brazilian national flag: Blue, yellow, and green.

[5] As a young man, Niemeyer worked for his father as a typographer before entering the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes.

[4] In 1941, Niemeyer launched his solo career by designing multiple buildings called the Pampulha Architectural Complex in the city of Belo Horizonte.

Niemeyer stated: "I consciously ignored the highly praised right angle and the rational architecture of T-squares and triangles, in order to wholeheartedly enter the world of curves and new shapes made possible by the introduction of concrete into the building process".