The National Cathedral in Brasilia, designed by Niemeyer, From National Geographic at nationalgeographic.com.

In November,”Building the World” posted about the hospitalization of architect Oscar Niemeyer. At 104 he was still planning on completing two of the projects he was working on at the time. Sadly, Niemeyer passed away Wednesday December 5th in his Rio de Janeiro hospital, just short of his 105th birthday.

For more on the services and his memory, please see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20621265

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