Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer
	Oscar Niemeyer in 1968
Born	Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho; 15 December 1907; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dee'd	5 December 2012 (aged 104); Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Naitionality	Brazil
Alma mater	Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (1934); Federal Varsity o Rio de Janeiro
Awairds	1963 Lenin Peace Prize; 1988 Pritzker Prize; 1989 Prince o Asturias Awairds; 1998 RIBA Ryal Gowd Medal; 2004 Praemium Imperiale;
Biggins	Palácio do Planalto; Palácio da Alvorada; Palácio do Jaburu; Cathedral of Brasília; Naitional Congress o Brazil; Edifício Copan; Ibirapuera Park; Heidquarters o the Unitit Naitions; Niterói Contemporary Art Museum; Latin America Memorial; Gustavo Capanema Palace;
Projects	Museum o Modren Airt in Caracas

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.