With his incredibly prolific portfolio of architecture, sculpture, furniture and design, the late Oscar Niemeyer truly left his mark on Brazil, and the world, over his 104 years. The Brazilian great is proof that quantity needn't destroy quality.
Check out the extensive list of Niemeyer's major works, after the break...
Architecture & Urban Projects
1936 - Ministry of Education and Health - Brazil
1938 - Grand Hotel Ouro Preto - Brazil
1939 - Brazilian Pavilion - USA
1940 - Pampulha Complex - Brazil
1946 - School in Cataguases - Brazil
1947 - UN Headquarters - USA
1951 - Ibirapuera - Brazil
1951 - Housing Complex in Copan - Brazil
1951 - The JK Building (Governor Juscelino Kubitschek's Complex) - Brazil
1952 - House at Canoas - Brazil
1954 - Museum of Modern Art in Caracas - Venezuela
1956 - Temporary Residence of the President of the Republic - Brazil
1957 - Alvorada Palace - Brazil
1957 - Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion - Brazil
1958 - National Congress of Brazil - Brazil
1958 - Cathedral of Brasilia - Brazil
1958 - Supreme Court - Brazil
1958 - National Theatre of Brasília - Brazil
1958 - Presidential Palace - Brazil
1962 - International Permanent Exhibition Centre of Lebanon - Lebanon
1962 - Ministry of Justice - Brazil
1962 - Itamaraty Palace for the Foreign Ministry - Brazil
1965 - Brasilia Airport - Brazil (Not Built)
1966 - Headquarters of the French Communist Party - PCF - France
1968 - Music Center - Brazil (Not Built)
1968 - Headquarters of Mondadori Publishers – Italy
1968 - Civic Center of Algiers - Algeria (Not Built)
1968 - Mosque of Algiers - Algeria (Not Built)
1969 - University of Constantine - 1st round - Algeria
1972 - Stock Exchange at Bobigny – France
1972 - Cultural Center Le Havre – Le Volcan – France
1975 - Headquarters of Fata Engineering – Italy
1980 - Memorial JK – Brazil
1981 - Leisure Island in Abu Dhabi - UAE (Not Built)
1982 - Integrated Center for Public Education - Brazil
1983 - Sambadrome - Brazil
1985 - Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom Tancredo Neves - Brazil
1987 - Memorial for Latin America - Brazil
1991 - Museum of Contemporary Art - MAC - Brazil
1991 - Latin American Parliament - Brazil
1997 - Niemeyer Way - Brazil
1999 - Ibirapuera Auditorium - Brazil
2000 - Auditorium in Ravello - Italy
2001 - Oscar Niemeyer Museum - Brazil
2003 - Serpentine Gallery Pavillion - UK
2003 - Administrative Center of Minas Gerais - Brazil
2004 - Infrastructure for Itaipu Binacional - Brazil (Not Built)
2005 - Infrastructure for Itaipu Binacional - Paraguay (Not Built)
2006 - Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Center of Asturias - Spain
2007 - Cultural Center in Valparaiso - Chile (Not Built)
2007 - University of Science and Information Technology - Cuba (Not Built)
2008 - Port of Music - Argentina (Not Built)
Sculptures
1982 - Monument to Carlos Fonseca Amador - Nicaragua
1986 - Monument to "Torture Never Again" - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1988 - Monument to the "November Nine" - Volta Redonda, Brazil
1989 - Hand Sculpture - Memorial of Latin America, São Paulo, Brazil
1991 - Memorial of Goree Island - Largo from Dakar, Senegal
1995 - Prestes Column Memorial - Santo Angelo, Brazil
2000 - Sculptures: "Form in Space I", "II Form in Space," "Woman I", "Violence" and "Retirantes" - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2007 - Sculpture "A Woman, a flower, Solidarity"- Paris, France
2007 - Sculpture for Cuba (donation) - Havana, Cuba
Furniture
1978 – Praiana Chaise
1978 – Rio Chaise
