Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Oscar Niemeyer, 100 years old!


The most renowned architect from Brazil completed 100 years of age in the end of last year. If you ever went to Brazil, you probably saw some of his buildings. Among the most famous buildings are the “Copan”, the “Memorial da América Latina” and the buildings at the Ibirapuera Park in São Paulo; the “Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói” in Rio de Janeiro state; the “Catedral Metropolitana” in Brasilia; the “Igreja de São Francisco”, in Pampulha, Belo Horizonte.

Leonardo Finotti, a Brazilian photographer, specialized in architecture, traveled around Brazil and other countries to shoot buildings planned by the famous Brazilian architect. You can visit his exhibition, “100 fotos, obras, anos de Oscar Niemeyer” (100 photographs, buildings, years of Oscar Niemeyer) at “Museu da Electricidade”, in Lisbon, Portugal, until March 2.



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Imagens
Copan Building, downtown São Paulo, Brazil - picture taken by Rodrigo Ferroni (http://www.flickr.com/photos/rolifer/2253137467/)
Catedral Metropolitana, Brasília, Brazil - link

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