The National Congress Palace in Brasília was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, with Joaquim Cardozo as structural engineer, for the Juscelino Kubitschek administration. The infobox gives 1958 to 1960, the lead says it was built in 1960 and the body dates preliminary designs to 1957. It was inaugurated on April 21, 1960.
The article calls the style Brazilian modernism. Two 28-story towers use steel columns and beams clad in concrete, with steel beams imported from the United States and white marble east and west walls. The Chamber of Deputies dome is convex, 33 feet (10 m) high and 203 feet (62 m) across. The infobox lists 328 feet (100 m).
It was designated national heritage in 2007 and is part of Brasília's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro stormed it on January 8, 2023. The upper esplanade is normally closed for security, and the article gives no hours.
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