Architecture critic Paul Goldberg and ESPASSO's Carlos JunqueiraGeneral Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, NY, during Niemeyer's tribute. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.Architecture critic Paul Golberger delivering a keynote address in tribute to Oscar Niemeyer at the General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, NY. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.General Assembly Hall, United Nations Headquarters, NY during Oscar Niemeyer's tribute. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.UN's Under-Secretary-General for Communication and Public Information Peter Launsky-Tieffenthal, architecture critic Paul Goldberg, UN"s Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, President of the United Nations General Assembly Vuk Jeremic and Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti and ESPASSO's Carlos Junqueira. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the United Nations Adriana Telles Ribeiro, ESPASSO's Carlos Junqueira and architecture critic Paul Goldberger checking out one of the reproductions of Oscar Niemeyer's drawings displayed at the Delegate's Entrance Gallery, UN Headquarters, NY. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.Founder of In Plus Design Cristiana Mascarenhas, Second Secretary, Permanent Mission of Brazil to the UN Adriana Telles Ribeiro, ESPASSO's Carlos Junqueira and Simone Klabin. Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.Photo by Alexander Kushi-Willis.
Yesterday at the United Nations Headquarters, NY, a tribute paid hommage to the life and work of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012). At the General Assembly Hall a keynote address was given by architecture critic Paul Goldberger, where Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, and United Nation’s Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon also spoke in memory and celebration of Niemeyer. A set of reproductions of Niemeyer’s drawings was displayed at the Delegate’s Entrance Gallery, where a lively reception also took place.
