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  1. BornOscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho · 15 December 1907 · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Died5 December 2012 (aged 104) · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    SpousesAnnita Baldo · (m. 1928; died 2004) · Vera Lúcia Cabreira · (m. 2006)
     His Life and Legacy in Architecture
    His Life and Legacy in Architecture
     A Master of Modern Architecture
    A Master of Modern Architecture
    Overview

    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 figu… See more

    Personal life

    Niemeyer married Annita Baldo in 1928. They had one daughter, Anna Maria, in 1929 (she predeceased her father on June 6, 2012). Niemeyer subsequently had five grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren, and seven … See more

    Criticism

    Nicolai Ouroussoff, the architecture critic of The New York Times, published an article asking whether Niemeyer's last work had been affected by advanced age. Ouroussoff found the "Niterói Contemporary Art Museum" t… See more

    Legacy

    Since 1984 the Rio de Janeiro carnival parade is held in the Sambadrome designed by Oscar Niemeyer. In 2003 the Unidos de Vila Isabel Samba School celebrated the life of Niemeyer in their carnival parade. It was the first tim… See more

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