AKA Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho

Born: 15-Dec-1907
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Architect

Nationality: Brazil
Executive summary: Architect of Brasilia

With urban planner Lùcio Costa, responsible for the project to build Brasilia (1956-60). Niemeyer designed all of the public buildings for the project. A fervent communist, He was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize in 1963. After a military coup overthrew the Brazilian government in 1964, Niemeyer was hounded from the government and lost all of his clients due to his politics, and went into exile in France until 1985. Despite his advanced age, Niemeyer continues to work.

Wife: Annita Baldo (m. 1928)

    University: Architecture, engineering, Escola de Belas Artes, Rio de Janiero, Brazil (1934)
    Administrator: College of Architecture, University of Brasília

    Pritzker Prize 1988 (with Gordon Bunshaft)
    Lenin Peace Prize 1963

Author of books:
The Curves of Time (2000, memoir)

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