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Pampulha

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Pampulha is a garden suburb in Brazil that features a complex of buildings designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer. Commissioned by Juscelino Kubitschek, then mayor of Belo Horizonte, the complex includes a casino, dance hall, and yacht club. The casino, built in 1942, is considered an early example of truly original free-form Modernism in Latin America. Its design is organized around a grid of columns, with a main rectilinear building modulated by a circular theater and nightclub overlooking a lake. The Pampulha complex integrates landscape design by Roberto Burle Marx, creating a continuity between nature and the abstract architectural forms.1

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  1. 11 Iconic Buildings in Brazil
  2. Latin American architecture - Brazil

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