His bold, sculptural designs led some to dismiss him as a “monumental sculptor.” But at a time when internationalist ...

Oscar Niemeyer was sure to make a statement with the powerful expression and unique form of the Cathedral of Brasilia, which led to his acceptance of the Pritzker Prize in 1988. The cornerstone ...

This series of images captures Oscar Niemeyer’s Cathedral of Brasília through the lens of Argentine architect and photographer Gonzalo Viramonte. A graduate of Argentina’s National University ...

In his 1994 book, “Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil,” historian David Underwood described the city as one “born of imperial ambitions and as such could only reinforce the ...

The focus here is not on the cathedral, shaped in the guise ... is a Unesco World Heritage Site – although as Oscar Niemeyer told me, “Brasilia? It was a blast!” A woman who allegedly ...

Architect Oscar Niemeyer, who designed Brazil's capital ... with its slender arches rising from reflecting pools; the Cathedral of Brasilia, shaped like a giant orchid; the National Congress ...

Oscar Niemeyer is known as a dreamer who created ... with its slender arches rising from reflecting pools; the Cathedral of Brasilia, shaped like a giant orchid; the National Congress, with ...

Brasília, Brazil’s capital city, stands as one of the most ambitious and controversial urban planning projects of the 20th ...

That would make it easier to explain why the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer ... the Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady Aparecida, in Brazil’s futuristic capital, Brasilia.

Oscar Niemeyer, the architect whose stylish and futuristic buildings put the thrill in Brazil’s capital city Brasilia, died Wednesday in a Rio de Janeiro hospital. He was 104. Niemeyer’s ...