Red canopy
The building's emblem.
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The concert hall in Ibirapuera Park is by Oscar Niemeyer, the last piece of the group of buildings he drew for the park in the 1950s, and it was only built about half a century later. Its form is simple and bold: a single block of white concrete, a trapezoid in plan and a triangle in section, standing beside the white Oca dome so that the two make the park's most important architectural pair. Its best-known feature is the red metal canopy over the entrance, officially called «Labareda» (the Flame), which has become the building's emblem. Inside, space runs from foyer to hall to stage, and behind the stage a wall can open completely onto the park lawn, turning the hall into an open-air stage for an audience sitting on the grass. It hosted the Brazilian categories of the Latin Grammy Awards in 2008 and runs a regular programme from jazz to Brazilian music, with tickets that vary by show, while the building and its canopy can be seen free from the park at any time.
The building's emblem.
Concerts on the lawn.
Niemeyer's pair.
Ibirapuera Park, Avenida Pedro Álvares Cabral, São Paulo
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