Oscar Niemeyer belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Oscar Niemeyer as Brazilian architect (1907–2012).
Oscar Niemeyer was born at Rio de Janeiro in 1907. His recorded nationality is Brazil. He was educated at Escola Nacional de Belas Artes.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
He worked as architect, designer and university teacher.
His affiliations include Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
His name is attached above all to design of civic buildings for Brasília, a planned city that became Brazil's capital in 1960. Technology is judged by adoption: an invention nobody uses is a curiosity.
The surviving body of work includes Cathedral of Brasília, Brasilia Digital TV Tower and Ibirapuera Auditorium.
His recorded fields of work are architecture.
Recognition followed: Commander of the Legion of Honour (2007) and Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great.
That the work was done from Brazil matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Oscar Niemeyer died in 2012, aged 105. What survives is the work, which is the only durable form of a reputation.
Achievements
- Commander of the Legion of Honour — 2007
- Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great
- Notable work: Cathedral of Brasília
- Notable work: Brasilia Digital TV Tower
- Notable work: Ibirapuera Auditorium
- Notable work: Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
- Affiliated with Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
- Educated at Escola Nacional de Belas Artes
- Worked as architect, designer and university teacher
