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Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler museum and Oscar Niemeyer’s Itamaraty Palace

What do two masterpieces by the legendary architects have in common?

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    Fondation Beyeler museum

    The partially shaded pool.

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    Monet’s Water Lilies, on display in the museum, mirrors the natural scene outside.

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    Columns descend into the pool at the building’s base.

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    Renzo Piano’s Fondation Beyeler museum in Basel, Switzerland.

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    Itamaraty Palace

    Oscar Niemeyer’s Itamaraty Palace in Brasília, Brazil.

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    The rippling water creates patterns on the building’s exterior.

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    Lily pads in the water garden, which was designed by Roberto Burle Marx.

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