Brasilia - Project gone 'wrong'?

This is an interesting article about Brasília, the capital of Brazil, and how (urban planning & design-wise) it came to be (around 1960).


(Image: Wikipedia)
It was designed to resemble an airplane or a butterfly when viewed from above.

Read about the origin of Brasília here.

And make sure to lookup some of the buildings (of Oscar Niemeyer's) which the writer discusses in the article. Like this one...


(Photo by Styliane Philippou, from Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence, Yale)
The Supreme Court by Oscar Niemeyer - Brasília.

These are also interesting to see:
- Cathedral Brasilia Niemeyer
- 3-D model of the Pampulha church