Brazilian Modernist Columns

As of 1940, modern Brazilian architects began incorporating certain attributes and aesthetic sophistication to the structural composition of the columns designed in their projects. From an aesthetic, technical/structural and fine arts perspective, Oscar Niemeyer, João Batista, Villanova Artigas, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, and Rui Ohtake successully transformed colums into art.