Oscar Niemeyer, Brazilian Architect, Celebrates 103rd Birthday At New Museum (PHOTOS)

Famed Brazilian Architect Celebrates Birthday At New Museum

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is celebrating his 103rd birthday with the launch of a museum dedicated to his career. (Scroll down for photos)

The Oscar Niemeyer Foundation outside Rio de Janeiro will house exhibits about the legendary architect's 70 years of work.

Niemeyer is responsible for more than 600 modernist projects around the world. They include the sweeping concrete structures that house Brazil's government in the capital, Brasilia, and U.N. headquarters in New York.

Niemeyer is still working and has won numerous awards, including the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1988.

His birthday was Wednesday.

View photos of Niemeyer's birthday celebration at the museum here:

Popular in the Community

Close

What's Hot