Oscar Niemeyer, the Brazilian architect considered as the last of the Modernists, died tonight at the age of 104. Born in 1907, the architect who built Brasília, was still working a couple of years ago and he was widely regarded as the foremost Latin American architect of the last century.
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Rio de Janeiro, Contemporary Art Museum (Source One Week of Design) |
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Oscar Niemeyer, seen here in the dining room of his Rio home with his wife in 1950
(Source The Guardian, Photograph Haywood Magee/Getty Images)
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Milan, Mondadori Group Headquartes (Source The Hour Lounge) |
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Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavillion (Source Plataforma Arquitectura, © Andrés Otero) |