Oscar Niemeyer

The man who built the future: Seven decades of work from the Brazilian visionary

On the occasion of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer ’s 100th anniversary, the New York Times wrote, "In the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s he established himself as one of Modernism’s greatest luminaries, infusing stark abstract forms with a beguiling tropical hedonism that reshaped Brazil’s identity in the popular imagination and mesmerized architects around the globe."

Until …