The man who was awarded the 1988 Pritzker Prize continues to devote his afternoons to working on new projects, including a theatre with a capacity for 2 500 people on Flamengo Park, near Rio's Sugarloaf Mountain.
"I came up with a solution that is capable of prompting surprise and attracting the public: a magnificent dome which would be built before the Sugarloaf Mountain," he recently wrote.
— timeslive.co.za
11 Comments
Go Oscar! The last of the great modernist!
today is also the birthday of Ray Eames!
incredible and wonderful. happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday to Ray Eames too! Thanks Doug.
thats awsome!
Go Oscar Go
Glen Small doing his expressive mini Oscar Niemeyer in Managua, Nicaragua. Must be the Latin American context.
http://www.smallatlarge.com/2010/11/nicaragua-part-three
Niemeyer's only US work is a house originally designed for art cinema filmaker Joseph Strick.
eric
Amazing!, Happy Birthday Mr. Niemeyer!!
Happy Birthday, Oscar!
eric,
I think he had a little more than something to do with the United Nations Buildings in New York City.
Awesome! Happy birthday Oscar and many years more! WooWoo...
Ah, and by the way, he looks amazing!
^snook-dude thanks
Fact check from Wikipedia. yep thats right. My old book just referenced Corbusier.
Yes Le Corbusier and Niemeyer together submitted the scheme 23–32, which was built and is what can be seen today. The 39-story] Secretariat Building was controversial in its time but became a modernist landmark.
eric
Block this user
Are you sure you want to block this user and hide all related comments throughout the site?
Archinect
This is your first comment on Archinect. Your comment will be visible once approved.