Oscar Niemeyer Biography

In 1947 Niemeyer represented Brazil in the planning of the United Nations structures in New York City.
When in 1956 Kubitschek was chosen president of Brazil, he asked Niemeyer to develop the brand-new capital city of Brasília. Niemeyer agreed to create the federal government buildings but suggested a nationwide competition for the master strategy, a competition consequently won by his coach, Lúcio Costa. Amongst the Brasília buildings designed by Niemeyer are the President's Palace, the Brasília Palace Hotel, the Ministry of Justice structure, the governmental chapel, and the cathedral.





Oscar Niemeyer, in complete Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho, (born December 15, 1907, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil-- died December 5, 2012, Rio de Janeiro), Brazilian designer, an early exponent of modern architecture in Latin America, particularly kept in mind for his deal with Brasília, the new capital of Brazil.
Niemeyer studied architecture at the National School of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro. Shortly before he finished in 1934, he got in the workplace of Lúcio Costa, a leader of the Modernist movement in Brazilian architecture. He worked with Costa from 1937 to 1943 on the design for the Ministry of Education and Health building, considered by lots of to be Brazil's first work of art of modern-day architecture. The design reveals the influence of the Swiss-born French architect Le Corbusier, who was a specialist on the building. Niemeyer likewise worked with Costa on the plans for the Brazilian Pavilion at the New York World's Fair of 1939-- 40.
Niemeyer's very first solo task was the plan for a complex within Pampulha, a brand-new suburban area of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Commissioned in 1941 by Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, then mayor of Belo Horizonte, the plan consisted of a church, casino, dance hall, restaurant, private yacht club, golf club, and the mayor's weekend retreat, all situated around an artificial lake. The complex's buildings are notable for their free-flowing kinds. One writer explained the exterior of the church as resembling "the trajectory of a bouncing ball." In 1947 Niemeyer represented Brazil in the planning of the United Nations buildings in New York City.
When in 1956 Kubitschek was chosen president of Brazil, he asked Niemeyer to develop the brand-new capital city of Brasília. Niemeyer concurred to design the government structures however suggested a nationwide competition for the master plan, a competition subsequently won by his coach, Lúcio Costa. Amongst the Brasília buildings developed by Niemeyer are the President's Palace, the Brasília Palace Hotel, the Ministry of Justice structure, the presidential chapel, and the cathedral.
Niemeyer's other architectural jobs include the Ministry of Defense building in Brasília in 1968 and Constantine University (now Mentouri University) in Constantine, Algeria, in 1969. He altered the shape of the exterior arches on the Ministry of Justice structure and changed the windows of the cathedral with stained-glass panels. He continued to design brand-new buildings, including the Museum of Contemporary Art in Niterói, Brazil, which opened in 1996.
Niemeyer was the recipient of many other worldwide awards, including the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963, the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1988 (cowinner with Gordon Bunshaft), and the Japan Art Association's Praemium Imperiale reward for architecture in 2004. The Oscar Niemeyer Foundation, devoted to architectural conservation and research, was founded in 1988, and a brand-new headquarters created by Niemeyer opened in Niterói in 2010.