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When people ask me if I take pleasure in the idea of someone looking at my buildings in the future, I tell them that this person will vanish, too. Ev… - Oscar Niemeyer
" "When people ask me if I take pleasure in the idea of someone looking at my buildings in the future, I tell them that this person will vanish, too. Everything has a beginning and an end. You. Me. Architecture. We must try to do the best we can, but must remain modest. Nothing lasts for very long.
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About Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012) was a Brazilian architect of the international modernist school best known for designing civic buildings in Brasília, a planned city which became the capital of Brazil in 1960, and (in collaboration with others) the New York headquarters of the United Nations.
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Native Name:
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida de Niemeyer Soares Filho
Alternative Names:
Oscar Niemeyer Soares
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Ribeiro de Almeida Soares
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Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho
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Oscard Niemeyer
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Filho, Oscar Niemeyer Soares
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Oskar Nimeĭer
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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho
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