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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 135: Niemeyer in Tripoli
3 December 2018
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Rashid Karami International Fair in Tripoli in the 1960s. But before work was complete the country descended into civil war and now the magnificent site is slowly crumbling.
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Tbilisi two
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Height of ambition
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Reflected glory
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The Urbanist - Tall Stories 302: French Communist Party headquarters, Paris
11 April 2022
Hester Underhill visits a strange subterranean building in the French capital designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
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The Curator, episode 60
8 December 2012
The picks of the week including Wasabi farming, visiting a barber shop in Toronto, and a discussion of the life of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
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Monocle on Design - Design at the Rio Carnival
7 March 2017
We wander through the Oscar Niemeyer-designed sambadrome and get a taste of the design that underpins the colour of the Rio Carnival. Plus: a design-minded new workspace in Brooklyn and a closer look at Canadian architec…
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The Late Edition, episode 289
6 December 2012
We remember Oscar Niemeyer’s life, find out if the US and Russia can work together on Syria, and visit the new Barbie store in Tokyo.
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Brasilia
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Monocle on Design - The design game
31 January 2017
This week we don our sporting colours to mull over the role of stadiums in our cities and think about the role of colour in sport. Plus, a tour of a modernist complex in Belo Horizonte by the late Oscar Niemeyer.
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Monocle on Design - Extra: ‘Brasilia: Life After Design’
10 May 2018
Building a city from scratch may seem like a dream commission but, as Oscar Niemeyer discovered with Brasilia, it isn’t always so simple. We ask documentary-maker Bart Simpson how much the city’s design has dictated the…
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Monocle on Design - On Design 56: Reviving an icon
31 August 2017
Rio de Janeiro’s Hotel Nacional, designed by world renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, reopened its doors earlier this year after being shut for more than 20 years. Monocle’s Sheena Rossiter tells us more about…
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Building a picture
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Home and away
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Monocle on Design - Making a splash
7 April 2015
We take a tour of one of Oscar Niemeyer’s lesser-known buildings in Lebanon – the Tripoli International Fair – and investigate Tiffany’s new CT60 watch collection with the firm’s vice-president, Nicola Andreatta. Plus: a…