Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho 15 December 1907(1907-12-15) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dee'd
5 December 2012(2012-12-05) (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.