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The distinctive Museum of Contemporary Art illuminates the skyline in Niteroi, Brazil. Legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer designed the museum, which has become one of his most popular projects.
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Two months from his 99th birthday, Oscar Niemeyer, shown here October 5, 2006, in his office in Rio de Janeiro, is a giant in the architectural world and a living legend in Brazil.
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The monumental curve of the Copan building in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The building was constructed throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
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Visitors check out the distinctive Museum of Contemporary Art in Niteroi, Brazil.
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The spaceship-like Lucas Nogueira Garcez pavilion, known as the OCA, of the Museum of Modern Art in Sao Paulo, Brazil, matches the clouds above Ibirapuera Park.
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The swirling white and red lobby of the Ibirapuera Auditorium matches the building's exterior in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Neimeyer cites it as one of his favorite creations.
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The Gustavo Capanema Palace, formerly the Ministry of Health and Education in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was one of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer's first major projects. The building, designed by a team of architects starting in 1936, is a landmark of modernist architecture.
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The Great Canopy of Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo, Brazil winds around five main buildings. A cluster of 19 columns breaks the pattern of staggered columns used throughout the canopy.
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The distinctive Museum of Contemporary Art in Niteroi, Brazil.
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A prefabricated Integrated Center of Public Education building in Niteroi, Brazil, is one of hundreds in the country built according to a design by legendary Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.
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Anti-government protesters in Brasilia, Brazil, the country's capital designed by Oscar Niemeyer and his colleagues in the 1950s. One of Niemeyer's most famous works, the Metropolitan Cathedral, is in the background.
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