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May 9, 2024 · Gordon Bunshaft (born May 9, 1909, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.—died Aug. 6, 1990, New York, N.Y.) was an American architect and corecipient (with Oscar Niemeyer) of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1988. His design of the Lever House skyscraper in New York City (1952) exerted a strong influence in American architecture.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The complex was designed by a board of architects led by Wallace Harrison and built by the architectural firm Harrison & Abramovitz, with final projects developed by Oscar Niemeyer and Le Corbusier. The term Turtle Bay is occasionally used as a metonym for the UN headquarters or for the United Nations as a whole.
- September 14, 1948;, 75 years ago
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2 days ago · Another notable architectural work of the central city is that of the House of Culture built in 1982 by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and nicknamed "the Volcano" because of the shape of the building.
- 46.95 km² (18.13 sq mi)
- Seine-Maritime
May 14, 2024 · Oscar Niemeyer (Rio de Janeiro, 15 de desembre de 1907 - Rio de Janeiro, 5 de desembre de 2012) va ser un arquitecte brasiler, considerat una de les figures més rellevants en el desenvolupament de l'arquitectura moderna. Niemeyer va ser famós pels projectes que va dur a terme a la nova capital del seu país, Brasília.
- Arquitectura
- (pt-br) Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, 15 desembre 1907, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
- 5 desembre 2012 (104 anys), Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
- Ateisme
1 day ago · Curitiba ( Brazilian Portuguese: [kuɾiˈtʃibɐ]) is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná in Southern Brazil. The city's population was 1,963,726 as of 2021, making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. [1] The Curitiba Metropolitan area comprises 29 municipalities with a total ...
4 days ago · The State Capitol took 32 years to build, all by hand from 1867 to 1899, cost $25 million, and encompassed the efforts of five architects. Theodore Roosevelt declared the Capitol complete in 1899 ...
Apr 24, 2024 · O MON na Escola é um programa de visitas guiadas, feitas por agendamento prévio, orientadas por um mediador/educador que conversa sobre os principais conceitos das exposições e da história e arquitetura do MON. O atendimento é realizado por universitários das áreas de Artes Visuais, História, Design, Turismo, Teatro, Letras e outros, que a cada nova exposição, recebem treinamento ...
