Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012

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  • Danilo Matoso Macedo

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52200/48.A.29JBINRT

Keywords:

Modern Movement, Modern architecture, Modern housing

Abstract

Modern master Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was the most important Brazilian architect. Graduated in the Escola Nacional de Belas–Artes in 1934, he soon became world–known for his role, together with Lúcio Costa (1902–1998), with the design of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (1937) in Rio de Janeiro; or for their Brazilian Pavillion in New York World Fair in 1939. His solo work in the Pampulha buildings was immediately published in the catalogue of the “Brazil Builds” exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in 1943.

How to Cite

Macedo, D. M. (2013). Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012. Docomomo Journal, (48), 90. https://doi.org/10.52200/48.A.29JBINRT

Published

2013-07-01

Issue

No. 48 (2013): Modern Africa, Tropical Architecture

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Tributes

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Author Biography

Danilo Matoso Macedo

Architect and Urban Designer, specialist in Public Policies and Government Management. He is the author of Da Matéria à Invenção. As Obras De Oscar Niemeyer Em Minas Gerais 1938–1955 published in 2008 and he founded the docomomo Brasília within docomomo Brazil.