Oscar Niemeyer |
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![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Oscar_Niemeyer_1968b.jpg/240px-Oscar_Niemeyer_1968b.jpg) Oscar Niemeyer in 1968 |
Born | Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho 15 December 1907(1907-12-15) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Dee'd | 5 December 2012(2012-12-05) (aged 104) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Naitionality | Brazil |
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Alma mater | Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (1934) Federal Varsity o Rio de Janeiro |
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Awairds | - 1963 Lenin Peace Prize
- 1988 Pritzker Prize
- 1989 Prince o Asturias Awairds
- 1998 RIBA Ryal Gowd Medal
- 2004 Praemium Imperiale
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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
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Projects | Museum o Modren Airt in Caracas |
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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.