Also known as Oscar Niemeyer Soares, Ribeiro de Almeida Soares, Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, Oscard Niemeyer, Filho, Oscar Niemeyer Soares, Oskar Nimeĭer
Brazilian architect (1907–2012)
Oscar Niemeyer was a renowned Brazilian architect known for designing striking modernist buildings that combined curved forms with bold concrete structures. His innovative approach to architecture, developed over a century-long career, made him one of the most influential architects of the 20th century and helped shape the visual identity of modern Brazil.
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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer ( Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈoskaʁ ni.eˈmajeʁ]), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments", Niemeyer was hailed as a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his generation by his supporters. He said his architecture was strongly influenced by Le Corbusier, but in an interview, assured that this "didn't prevent [his] architecture from going in a different direction". Niemeyer was most famous for his use of abstract forms and curves and wrote in his memoirs:
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