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Oscar Niemeyer Threw Life a Curve or Two

Posted Dec 16, 07 6:17 PM CST in World,  Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Oscar Niemeyer turned 100 this weekend, but the famed Brazilian architect is still planning for the best years of his life: he’s still developing bold designs—including a museum that resembles a giant eye—starting a magazine, and he recently remarried. Niemeyer, who soared to fame in 1956 after dressing Brazil’s capital in exalted curves, has also kept his communist ethic, Der Spiegel says.

He’s friends with Castro and raises a toast “against Bush.” About death, the atheistic artist reasoned, “We have no choice. We are born, we grow up, we fight, we die, and we disappear forever.” But such an outlook hasn’t stopped him from enjoying life: “I do the same things I did when I was 60, so I’m only 60.”

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A giant number 100 hangs on the Copan building, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, in Sao Paulo, Friday, Nov. 30 2007. Neimeyer, who turns 100 Saturday, was awarded the Cultural Merit Medal...   (Associated Press)
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer gestures during an interview with the Associated Press in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2007. Niemeyer works every day at his Copacabana beach office on a desk full...   (Associated Press)
Brazil's architect Oscar Niemeyer attends an event in commemoration of his 100th birthday in Rio de Janeiro, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007. Niemeyer was born on Dec. 15, 1907. (AP Photo/ Ricardo Moraes )   (Associated Press)
The National Congress building, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, is seen in Brasilia, Brazil in this May 7, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres/FILE)   (Associated Press)
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