Niemeyer was best known for his 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 United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, brazilski arhitekt, * 15. december 1907, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilija, † 5. december 2012, Rio de Janeiro.