Palácio Capanema

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Palácio Capanema is a landmark modernist government building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, renowned for its pioneering architectural design by a team including Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark building
modernist government building
alsoKnownAs Ministry of Education and Health Building NERFINISHED
Ministério da Educação e Saúde building NERFINISHED
architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy NERFINISHED
Carlos Leão NERFINISHED
Ernani Vasconcellos NERFINISHED
Jorge Machado Moreira NERFINISHED
Lucio Costa NERFINISHED
Oscar Niemeyer NERFINISHED
architecturalMovement International Style NERFINISHED
cityRole architectural landmark of downtown Rio de Janeiro
constructionEnd 1945
constructionStart 1937
consultingArchitect Le Corbusier NERFINISHED
country Brazil
era 20th-century architecture
function government office building
hasFeature azulejo murals
brise-soleil
curtain wall
elevated slab block
free façade
landscaped gardens
modernist sculpture
mosaic tile panels
open ground floor plaza
pilotis
roof garden
hasMaterial ceramic tiles
glass
reinforced concrete
hasUse auditorium
exhibition spaces
offices
heritageDesignationBy Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional NERFINISHED
heritageStatus listed as national heritage by IPHAN
inaugurationDate 1945
influenced development of modern architecture in Brazil
subsequent works of Oscar Niemeyer
influencedBy Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture NERFINISHED
laterFunction Ministry of Education and Culture headquarters NERFINISHED
locatedIn Rio de Janeiro
Southeast Region, Brazil NERFINISHED
state of Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED
namedAfter Gustavo Capanema NERFINISHED
originalFunction Ministry of Education and Health headquarters NERFINISHED
recognizedAs icon of Brazilian modernism
pioneering modernist public building in Latin America
style Modernist architecture

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Avenida Rio Branco hasPart Palácio Capanema
Affonso Eduardo Reidy notableWork Palácio Capanema
this entity surface form: Gustavo Capanema Palace (as part of design team)