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Skyline Sculptor.(Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect)
Oscar Niemeyer, the master Brazilian architect, hates airplanes. "Flying is crap," he says, succinctly. He loathes flying so much that he has stood up presidents, media grandees and tycoons. Fidel Castro once joked about sending a ship to fetch him. It's a wonder Brasilia, the city he conjured from red clay in the middle of the Brazilian nowhere, ever got built. But if his fear of flying has been one of Brazil's longest-standing jokes, Niemeyer has always had the last laugh: after all, he has built a career out of mocking gravity with concrete, stone and glass. At his best, he has made buildings soar, sculpting vertiginous whorls, waves, pods and chalices. Today, at 94, ...
- Designing the Niemeyer Way.(view)(designs of Oscar Niemeyer in building an art...
- Magazine article from: The Architectural Review Wohler, Till December 1, 2007 700+ words
'In the Caminho Niemeyer, I was given the chance to integrate...says the great Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, author of the cultural ensemble...Baptist cathedral, the Foundation Oscar Niemeyer and the Memorial Robert Silveira...
- FRANCE.1980. Brazilian architect Oscar NIEMEYER. FRANCE. Haute-Normandie...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Jean Gaumy January 1, 1980 700+ words
...FRANCE.1980. Brazilian architect Oscar NIEMEYER. FRANCE. Haute-Normandie region...nationality famous person famous people oscar niemeyer (bre), architecte. 1980 france.1980. brazilian architect oscar niemeyer. france. haute-normandie region...
- FRANCE.1980. Brazilian architect Oscar NIEMEYER. FRANCE. Haute-Normandie...
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Jean Gaumy January 1, 1980 700+ words
...FRANCE.1980. Brazilian architect Oscar NIEMEYER. FRANCE. Haute-Normandie region...nationality famous person famous people oscar niemeyer (bre), architecte. 1980 france.1980. brazilian architect oscar niemeyer. france. haute-normandie region...
- Planet Niemeyer.(Oscar Niemeyer's cliffside art museum in Niteroi, Brazil)
- Magazine article from: The Architectural Review Oliveira, Luis April 1, 1999 700+ words
...spaceship on the edge of a cliff, Oscar Niemeyer's extraordinary art museum forms...remarkable building designed by Oscar Niemeyer. The new museum occupies a rocky...to a relatively modest brief, Niemeyer re-investigates the organic...
- Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect. (PAR157599)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Richard Kalvar January 1, 1971 700+ words
...Kalvar Magnum Photos 01-01-1971 Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian architect. Keywords...profession artistic profession niemeyer oscar male personality south american...french communist party hq. 1971 oscar niemeyer, brazilian architect. 1971 Magnum...
- Oscar Niemeyer Houses (Brief Article)(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News August 1, 2006 700+ words
0847827984 Oscar Niemeyer houses. Ed. by Alan Hess. Rizzoli Intl. Pub. Inc. 2006 231 pages $65.00 Hardcover NA859 The work of Oscar Niemeyer added a new perspective to modern architecture by adding the rhythmic...
- Oscar NIEMEYER in his office. (PAR87231)
- Picture from: Magnum Photos Rene Burri January 1, 1960 700+ words
...Burri Magnum Photos 01-01-1960 Oscar NIEMEYER in his office. Keywords: inside...profession artistic profession niemeyer oscar male personality south american...geographical brazil. brasilia. 1960. oscar niemeyer in his office. 1960 Magnum Photos
- At 97, architect Oscar Niemeyer still building his legacy.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) McMahon, Colin October 4, 2005 700+ words
...he shows at the drawing table, Oscar Niemeyer waved off a question about the...Modesty is a practiced theme for Niemeyer, invoked frequently in interviews...only thing that seems small about Niemeyer _ his ego included _ is his physical...
