Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho[3] (December 15, 1907[1] – December 5, 2012)[2] was a Brazilian architect who is thought to be an important name in worldwide modern architecture. He was a pioneer in the idea of using reinforced concrete for buildings.
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| 150px Oscar Niemeyer in 1977 | |
| Born | Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho December 15, 1907[1] |
| Died | December 5, 2012 (aged 104)[2] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[2] |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
Buildings made by Niemeyer often have a lot of empty space, making odd patterns. The biggest work he made was the plan for the city of Brasília.
Politically, Niemeyer was a communist,[4] which sometimes had a bad effect for him: When the military dictatorship of Brazil happened in 1964, Niemeyer was forced into exile in Paris.[1] Fidel Castro once said "Niemeyer and I are the last Communists of this planet."
In 1988, Niemeyer won the Pritzker Prize.[5]
In 2012, he died of cardiac arrest due to a respiratory tract infection.[6]
Oscar Niemeyer Media
- NiemeyerJoven.JPG
Oscar Niemeyer (n. 1907), arquitecto brasileño, uno de los más importantes del siglo XX.
- Vista da fachada sul do Palácio Gustavo Capanema.jpg
Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro
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The free-form marquee at Casa do Baile
- Igreja de São Francisco de Assis Jani Pereira (6).jpg
São Francisco de Assis Church, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
- Sede do Banco Mineiro da Produção.JPG
Headquarters of the Banco Mineiro da Produção, Belo Horizonte
- Niemeyer MAC USP.JPG
Palácio da Agricultura, current MAC USP, showing the V-shaped pilotis
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Fundo Agência Nacional.
- Edifício Califórnia 01.JPG
Califórnia Building (Edifício Califórnia), São Paulo
- MAM Caracas.jpg
Model of the Museum of Modern Art in Caracas
- Oscar Niemeyer with Polish Architect .jpg
Oscar Niemeyer with Polish architect Jerzy Świech
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Brazil's 102-year-old architect spends 'crap' birthday". Retrieved 2009-12-15.[dead link]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Dies on Rio the Archited Oscar Niemeyer". Retrieved 2012-12-05.
- ↑ "Oscar Niemeyer, Designer of UN Building, Dies at 104". Bloomberg.com. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
- ↑ Telegraph obituary
- ↑ Pritzker Architecture Prize, "Oscar Niemeyer, 1988 Laureate"[dead link]; retrieved 2013-3-27.
- ↑ Express obituary[dead link]
Other websites
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Oscar Niemeyer. |
- May 2006 Interview with Niemeyer, age 98, in Metropolis Magazine Archived 2006-08-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Oscar Niemeyer, A Legend of Modernism Archived 2004-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, a book
- Niemeyer in Brasília history Archived 2007-12-19 at the Wayback Machine
- Images of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Cathedral of Brasília, and Memorial dos Povos Indigenas (Memorial for the Indigenous People)