Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012) — kent as Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈɔʃkaʁ ˈnimajeʁ]) — wis a Brazilian airchitect conseedert tae be ane o the key figurs in the development o modren airchitectur. Niemeyer wis best kent for his design o ceevic biggins for Brasília, a planned ceety that acame Brazil's caipital in 1960, as well as his collaboration wi ither airchitects on the heidquarters o the Unitit Naitions in New York. His sploration o the aesthetic possibilities o reinforced concrete wis heichly influential in the late 20t an early 21st centuries.
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Born | Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho 15 December 1907 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
Dee'd | 5 December 2012 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged 104)
Naitionality | Brazil |
Alma mater | Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (1934) Federal Varsity o Rio de Janeiro |
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Projects | Museum o Modren Airt in Caracas |