The mesmerising curves of the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi in Pampulha are a Niemeyer hallmark. Its completion in 1943 was accompanied by an interior mural by Candido Portinari, while the site ...

Oscar Niemeyer, pictured here in 2007, was one of the most innovative and daring architects of the past 60 years. Niemeyer co-designed Brazil's purpose-built capital Brasilia. It is the archetypal ...

The work of the great Brazilian architect, who died Wednesday, continues to enchant and appall students of architecture and urban planning. Oscar Niemeyer, the last lion of architectural modernism ...

Speaking of Portinari's work, it is worth mentioning the famous murals he designed for Oscar Niemeyer's São Francisco de Assis Church, also known as Pampulha Chapel. Different from the Ministry ...

What attracts me it the free and sensual curve." This philosophy was brought to life in concrete by Oscar Niemeyer for more ...

FORM FOLLOWS FEMININE: Niemeyer's affinity for curves is apparent in the Casa de Baile dance hall, in Pampulha. (Photo by Styliane Philippou, from Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence ...

The late Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer—known for the United Nations building in New York—designed just one home that was built in the United States. That Santa Monica, Calif., home is now ...

The city, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio Costa in the 1950s and a UNESCO World Heritage site, looked to some like it was straight out of a “1960s dystopian sci-fi ...

Oscar Niemeyer, widely regarded as the foremost Latin American architect of the last century, brought a daring and dramatic approach to public-works design through his glass cathedrals ...