In our previous Architourist Report we took you to Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia, the Brazilian capital that has been nominated for Urban Wonder of the World. For this report we’re still in the same country, and bring you an iconic landmark from the same architect, but this time in Rio de Janeiro. Technically it’s in the city of Niteroi, a suburb overlooking the Marvelous City from across the Guanabara Bay but that is the one true must-see modern marvel during a visit to Rio.

Take a ferry from downtown Rio de Janeiro, walk along the waterfront, and you’ll soon find this spaceship-looking building standing above a cliff. It seems to hover 16 meters high in the air, topped by a 50-meter cupola, and with the three floors of its interior accessed through a snaking red platform from which you slowly admire the surrounding bay and the Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance. It opened in 1996 and is the Niteroi Museum of Contemporary Art, showcasing temporary exhibitions of national artists (painting, sculpture, textiles, and more), although the main attraction is always the white retro-futurist building itself. Check out the museum’s website for what’s going on at the moment, and take a look at the photos below, taken exclusively for UCityGuides. In our next Architourist Report coming up soon, we’ll be in another country, in one of the world’s largest metropolis, and will be highlighting one of the most iconic modern landmarks that is now celebrating an anniversary…

-See the complete Rio de Janeiro city guide.
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