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Cemusa
pays tribute to
architect
Óscar Niemeyer
On the occasion of the recent death of the
architect Oscar Niemeyer, CEMUSA has
paid tribute by showing a campaign on the
streets of his hometown Rio de Janeiro as
well as in Brasilia, Salvador, Manaus and
Belo Horizonte.
A precursor of modern Brazilian architec-
ture and one of the most important archi-
tects of the 20
th
century, Oscar Niemeyer
collaborated with Cemusa to design several
street furniture items.
He received many awards in his long and
productive career; the main ones were the
Pritzker prize, considered to be one of the
most prestigious international awards for
architects, which he received in 1988, and
the Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts,
which he received one year later.
In his professional career, he participated in
more than 600 projects, including the UN
building in New York, in collaboration with
Le Corbusier and other architects, and his
masterwork, the city of Brasilia itself, crea-
ted jointly with city planner Lucio Costa
and considered a World Heritage Site by
UNESCO.
Although his usual work material was con-
crete, Niemeyer proposed metal designs
for CEMUSA while maintaining his most
characteristic feature, the curve, which gi-
ves his designs a characteristic personality.
Niemeyer provided a very high creativity le-
vel to the designs for street furniture, such
as bus shelters and information panels, ta-
king utmost care of their functional aspects.
The impact of his projects on modern city
architecture has been unanimously ack-
nowledged. Niemeyer prepared cities for
the future and integrated quality street fur-
niture.
CEMUSA is proud to have included in its
designer portfolio this master of internatio-
nal modern architecture, a pioneer in new
architectural concepts.
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