ART, ARCHITECTURE Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer was a great 20thcentury Brazilian architect who taught the world how to build in a way that was at once modern and local. He gave Brazil a hugely seductive identity that was in touch with the past but also hopeful about the future. Sign up to our new newsletter and get 10 off your first online order of a book, product or class: For books and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: Our website has classes, articles and products to help you lead a more fulfilled life: FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects on our blog, here: One of the most depressing aspects of travel is finding that the world often looks the same in many different places. The towers of downtown Tokyo are indistinguishable from those of Frankfurt or Seattle. Thats no coincidence. Modern architecture was founded on the idea that buildings should logically look the same