Niterói Contemporary Art Museum

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The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is a landmark modernist museum in Niterói, Brazil, renowned for its futuristic, saucer-like architecture overlooking Guanabara Bay.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → contemporary art museum → landmark → modernist building →
architect	Oscar Niemeyer →
city	Niterói →
continent	South America →
country	Brazil →
dedicatedTo	contemporary art →
diameter	50 meters →
exhibitionArea	approximately 1000 square meters →
floorArea	approximately 2500 square meters →
floorCount	3 →
hasFeature	circular main hall → curving access ramp → panoramic viewing gallery → reflecting pool at base →
hasViewOf	Guanabara Bay → Rio de Janeiro city skyline → Sugarloaf Mountain →
height	16 meters →
inception	1996 →
locatedIn	Guanabara Bay area → Niterói → Rio de Janeiro (state) →
locatedOn	Boa Viagem cliff →
material	reinforced concrete →
namedAfter	Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói →
nativeName	Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói →
nativeNameLanguage	pt →
notableFor	futuristic saucer-like form → location on a cliff above the sea → panoramic views of Guanabara Bay →
openingDate	1996-09-02 →
operator	Municipality of Niterói →
overlooks	Guanabara Bay →
owner	Municipality of Niterói →
partOf	Niterói’s Niemeyer architectural route →
region	Southeast Region, Brazil →
roofType	domed roof →
shape	UFO-like → saucer-like →
shortName	MAC Niterói →
structuralEngineer	Bruno Contarini →
style	futuristic architecture → modernist architecture →
touristAttraction	yes →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Oscar Niemeyer →	designed
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum ("Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói") →	namedAfter
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum ("Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói") →	nativeName
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum ("Niterói’s Niemeyer architectural route") →	partOf