In the 1940s to the 1950s Oscar Niemeyer did a lot of work for cities in producing structures for apartment buildings that were designed with high population in mind. Many of these residential buildings, especially the one pictured above known as the Edifício Copan, have restaurants and businesses in them along with apartments. While these buildings may not be overly designed like some of his other works they still take notes from his overall style and his personal ideas on how to improve the lives of other people.

Each of the buildings pictured below were all designed by Oscar Niemeyer during the the 50s for the city of São Paulo.