  oscar ribeiro de almeida niemeyer soares filho (december 15, 1907 â december 5, 2012), known as oscar niemeyer (), was a brazilian architect who is considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. niemeyer was best known for his design of civic buildings for brasÃ­lia, 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. his exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly influential in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. both lauded and criticized for being a "sculptor of monuments",azure :: niemeyer's century niemeyer was hailed as a great artist and one of the greatest architects of his generation by his supporters.niemeyer, gullar, f.(in portuguese) he said his architecture was strongly influenced by le corbusier, but in an interview, assured that this "didn't prevent [his] architecture from going in a different direction".matthieu salvaing, oscar niemeyer niemeyer was most famous for his use of abstract forms and curves and wrote in his memoirs: :{{cquote|i am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. i am attracted to free-flowing, sensual curves. the curves that i find in the mountains of my country, in the sinuousness of its rivers, in the waves of the ocean, and on the body of the beloved woman. curves make up the entire unive
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