Once a crime-ridden mess, Oscar Niemeyer’s colossal curving structure has flourished thanks to the efforts of its fabled administrator. But can he push through his last, greatest scheme – the ...

One of Oscar Niemeyer's most famous projects, the iconic Copan building in downtown São Paulo, may finally have its restoration work started. After being negotiated for ten years, the project ...

SÃO PAULO—Brazil’s economy may be in a funk, but one would never know it given the strong demand for apartments in the Edifício Copan, a 32-story residential tower that, for many people, symbolizes ...

There's no better place to appreciate the soaring vertical cityscape of São Paulo than the Edifício Copan, built by legendary architect Oscar Niemeyer. Former Travel Editor SÃO PAULO—Within the span ...

Brazilian design practice Estúdio BRA has reconfigured an apartment in the Oscar Niemeyer-designed Copan building in São Paulo, to make the most of its iconic facade. The 175-square-metre residence ...

The landscape of downtown São Paulo would not be the same without the presence of Copan. The building inserts Niemeyer's curves into São Paulo's dense verticality, creating a distinctive rhythm that ...

MASSIVE yet graceful, Edifício Copan partakes of the monstrousness of the city that surrounds it but is shaped by the sensuality of its architect, Oscar Niemeyer. Its curved form is meant to suggest ...