Oscar Niemeyer
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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best
Niemeyer in 1968
Niemeyer in 1917
Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro
The free-form marquee at Casa do Baile
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States. It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd St
Oscar Niemeyer
…design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960, as well as his collaboration with other architects on the headquarters of the United Nations in New York. His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries…
View of the complex from Long Island City in 2021; from left to right: the Secretariat, Conference, and General Assembly buildings
UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld in front of the General Assembly Building (1950s)
Flags of the member states, arranged in alphabetical order
The UN headquarters in 2024