- (FILES) A file picture taken on July 14, 2005 shows the cultural center "Le Volcan" (Volcano) in the French western town of Le Havre, designed in 1982 by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. The Brazilian icon Niemeyer, who revolutionized modern architecture and designed much of the country's futuristic capital Brasilia, died in hospital in Rio de Janeiro, on December 5, 2012 at the age of 104. AFPPHOTO MYCHELE DANIAU (MYCHELE DANIAU)
(FILE) The ramp of Brasilia's National Museum, work of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, inaugurated in 2007, as seen 13 December, 2007. Niemeyer, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete to produce soaring, curvaceous forms, died in hospital in Rio de Janeiro, on December 5, 2012 at the age of 104. AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA (EVARISTO SA)
(FILE) Night view taken 11 December, 2007 of Brasilia's Cathedral in Brasilia, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1960. Niemeyer, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete to produce soaring, curvaceous forms, died in hospital in Rio de Janeiro, on December 5, 2012 at the age of 104. AFP PHOTO/Evaristo SA (EVARISTO SA)
FILE - This Oct. 8, 2007 file photo, the Ibirapuera Auditorium designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is seen in Sao Paulo, Brazil. According to a hospital spokeswoman on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012, famed Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer has died at age 104. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) (Andre Penner)
Well-known Brazilian architect Óscar Niemeyer died in Rio de Janeiro General view of the Itamaraty Palace, designed by Brazilian architect Óscar Niemeyer, 06 December 2012, in Brasilia, Brazil. The well-known architect died at age 104 due to a kidney failure on, 05 December 2012, at the Hospital Samaritano of Río de Janeiro, where he was admitted last 02 November. The wake will be held at the Itamaraty Palace. EPA/Fernando Bizerra Jr. (Fernando Bizerra Jr.)
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