These photographs by Brazilian architect Pedro Vannucchi capture an experimental apartment building Oscar Niemeyer completed in Berlin, Germany in the 1950s.

Oscar Niemeyer Haus was completed in 1957 for Interbau, a social housing initiative launched after the second world war.
Niemeyer was among 48 architects including Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier and Sep Ruf tasked to design projects for the scheme in Berlin's Hansaviertel district. He was the only non-European architect invited to design for the programme.

Vannucchi said Oscar Niemeyer Haus reminded him of residences in Brasília, which Niemeyer masterplanned in 1958 with modernist architect Lucio Costa. In particular, it is similar to the structures that made up the superquadras, or super blocks. "It is more similar to some residential blocks in the superquadras in Brasília, possibly because both are located in planned green areas, and perhaps because he was working on them in the same period," Vannucchi said.

Oscar Niemeyer Haus is elevated on chunky V-shaped pillars to create a shaded walkway underneath the building.
"The open and fluid ground floor is a typical modernist solution, and the V-shaped pillars are part of this vocabulary," Vannucchi said. "All of this is very well done, with perfect proportions, including the elegant solution of the slightly elevated ground floor."

The apartments in the building are fronted with terraces and glass patio doors.
Each unit has a deck with mesh...