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Everyone knows Copan, one of the most distinctive and fascinating buildings in the city, but few tourists venture inside. Make a friend who lives here - or pretend you have a friend who lives here. Head past the porters and catch a lift up to the top. A couple of thousand smallish apartments are crammed into this graceful monument to Brazilian modernism. Oscar Niemeyer, the architect, also designed Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo, much of Brasilia and, with others, the United Nations building in New York.
Av Ipiranga at Av Consolação
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