Brazilian architect, 1907 to 2012, who gave reinforced concrete a sensuous freedom of curve and built the civic monuments of the new capital Brasilia, the cathedral, congress and presidential palaces, with the planner Lucio Costa. A 1988 Pritzker laureate, he continued designing past his hundredth year.
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Defining ContributionThe civic architecture of Brasilia 2 Practice Type Classification
AwardPritzker Architecture Prize 1 Oscar Niemeyer
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Niemeyer is the leading Brazilian modernist architect
Designer of the capital's principal civic buildings.
Source UNESCO World Heritage Centre Official Site
Oscar Niemeyer designed the cathedral, congress buildings and presidential palaces at the heart of Brasilia.
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Additional Source Pritzker Architecture Prize (Wikipedia)Brasilia, Design and construction
RIBA Royal Gold Medal recipient 1998
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Influenced By
Niemeyer said his architecture was strongly influenced by Le Corbusier and worked with him on the Rio de Janeiro Ministry of Education building.
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Additional Source Pritzker Architecture Prize (Wikipedia)
Works Designed
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
Source Wikipedia: National Congress of Brazil
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
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Nationality
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1. Pritzker Architecture Prize (Wikipedia)
Criteria and proceedings
(In 1988 Gordon Bunshaft nominated himself for the award and eventually won it.) The jury, consisting of five to nine "experts ... recognized professionals in their own fields of architecture, business, education, publishing, and culture", deliberates and early in the following year announce the winner. The prize chair is the 2016 Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena; earlier chairs were J. Carter Brown (1979-2002), the Lord Rothschild (2003-2004), the Lord Palumbo (2005-2015), Glenn Murcutt (2016-2018) and Stephen Breyer (2019-2020).
- Associated With: Inauguration of Brasilia, Brasilia, Design and construction
- Influenced By: Le Corbusier
View the Source2. Pritzker Architecture Prize Official Site
The Hyatt Foundation- Birth Year: 1907
- Nationality: Brazilian
- Defining Contribution: The civic architecture of Brasilia
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4. Oscar Niemeyer (Wikipedia)
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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.
- In Style: Brazilian Modernist Architecture, key figure of Brazilian Modernist architecture
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UNESCO World Heritage CentreAssociated With: Inauguration of BrasiliaView the Source Wikipedia: National Congress of Brazil
WikipediaWorks Designed: National Congress of Brazil, History section, third paragraphQuote, Works Designed: National Congress of Brazil, History section, third paragraph
As with most of the city's government buildings, the National Congress building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in the Modernist style.
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