Palácio do Planalto
Paths outward
- Location
- Brasília, Brazil
- Year
- 1960
- Typology
- House
- Materials
- Bamboo & Paper, Ceramic, Concrete, Glass, Steel
- Context
- Modernism, Brazilian Modernism
- Map
- Open location
The Palácio do Planalto in Brasília is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1958 and inaugurated on 21 April 1960. It has been the workplace of every Brazilian president since Juscelino Kubitschek. It is located at the Praça dos Três Poderes, to the east of the National Congress of Brazil and across from the Supreme Federal Court.
