Oscar Niemeyer

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf architect
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Brasília
gptkb:Brazilian_modern_architecture
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Golden_Lion_for_Lifetime_Achievement
Pritzker Prize
Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_University_of_São_Paulo
gptkbp:birthDate 1907-12-15
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Curitiba
gptkbp:children gptkb:Anna_Maria_Niemeyer
gptkb:Marcos_Niemeyer
Sérgio Niemeyer
gptkbp:deathDate 2012-12-05
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Rio_de_Janeiro
gptkbp:education gptkb:National_School_of_Fine_Arts
gptkbp:famousFor urban planning
curvilinear forms
use of concrete
designing civic buildings
integration of architecture and landscape
gptkbp:famousQuote “I believe that the future is a place where we can live in harmony.”
“Architecture is the art of the relationship between spaces and people.”
“The most important thing is to be able to create.”
“I am not a man of the past, I am a man of the future.”
“The curves are the lines of my life.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Oscar Niemeyer
gptkbp:influenced contemporary architecture
international architects
Brazilian_architects
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Le_Corbusier
gptkbp:legacy Cultural_institutions_in_Brazil
Architectural_education_in_Brazil
Niemeyer_Architecture
gptkbp:nationality Brazilian
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:National_Congress_of_Brazil
gptkb:Palácio_da_Alvorada
gptkb:Niterói_Contemporary_Art_Museum
gptkb:Copan_Building
gptkb:Cathedral_of_Brasília
gptkbp:partnerships gptkb:Lucia_Costa
gptkbp:style Modernism
Brutalism