Cadernos Ultramares seeks to present Brazilian culture and thought in a qualified way, through volumes bringing together important essays by renowned authors in different areas of knowledge. Published in the Jornal do Brasil's Sunday Supplement at the time of Brasília's inauguration, the national architecture survey created a rich panorama of the thought around architecture and urbanism at the time, with the participation of great names such as Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, and Sérgio Bernardes.