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Brazilian pair given permission to skate some of Niemeyer’s iconic architecture.
Oscar Niemeyer is generally regarded as Brazil’s greatest ever architect, designing iconic buildings in his native Brazil and abroad.
And as a tribute to his stunning creations, Pedro Barros and Murilo Peres were given a one-off access-all-areas pass to skate his architectural designs ranging from the National Congress Palace in Brasilia to the Contemporary Art Museum in Niterói.
Here is all you need to know:
- ‘Concrete Dreams’ shoots the Brazilian duo as they realise a lifelong dream to skateboard in locations where it had never been deemed previously possible.
- They take skateboarding where it’s never been before: jumping across buildings at Belo Horizonte’s administrative city or racing down ramps akin to a colourful waterslide at the Contemporary Art Museum.
- The skate duo studied over architectural drawings beforehand to ascertain what might be achievable on buildings that lend itself so well to their sporting passions and livelihoods.
- Barros and Peres were given permission by the Oscar Niemeyer Foundation, the result of which is a series of visually stunning shots on some buildings created before the sport even existed.