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Discover the origins, planning, and modernist architecture of Brasília, an ambitious urban experiment and capital of Brazil.

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Brasília is one of the twentieth century's most deliberate urban experiments: a capital city conceived from scratch, built on the Brazilian highlands, and inaugurated in 1960. This AI-generated book traces the origins, planning principles, and architectural ideas that shaped the city, from the political motivations behind its creation to the modernist vision of its principal designers, Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. As you read, you will gain an understanding of how Brasília came to reflect both the ambitions and the contradictions of mid-century Brazil. The book also considers the city's social dimensions and its lasting influence on thinking about planned urban environments. It offers a concise, factual introduction for anyone curious about how and why Brasília was built.

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Brasília is one of the twentieth century's most deliberate urban experiments: a capital city conceived from scratch, built on the Brazilian highlands, and inaugurated in 1960. This AI-generated book traces the origins, planning principles, and architectural ideas that shaped the city, from the political motivations behind its creation to the modernist vision of its principal designers, Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. As you read, you will gain an understanding of how Brasília came to reflect both the ambitions and the contradictions of mid-century Brazil. The book also considers the city's social dimensions and its lasting influence on thinking about planned urban environments. It offers a concise, factual introduction for anyone curious about how and why Brasília was built.

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Waries B.V. is a technology-driven publisher specialising in non-fiction. Through an efficient approach to the publishing process, Waries B.V. brings knowledge on a wide range of subjects to readers in accessible and affordable books. Where in the traditional publishing world a handful of people decide which information reaches the reader, Waries B.V. harnesses the AI revolution to break down those barriers. By having humans and AI work together, Waries B.V. creates books that would simply never have had a chance in the old system.

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