FW: OSCAR NIEMEYER ARCHITECT => the ultimate french curve master ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ DIED A WEEK BEFORE 105 B-DAY >"inspired by the female body"< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ MY LAST LECTURE AT BRAZILIA> provided new biomorphic vision =>biotronic radiant arch

                     +OSCAR NIEMEYER+
                          +1907-2012+
                      >master architect<
                           ^^^^^^^^^
          >for my generation of architects<
           >oscar niemeyer like frank lloyd<
               >wright and lecorbisier was<
                     +LARGER THEN LIFE+
                           ^^^^^^^^^^
            >goff, soleri, kahn etc. etc, also<
               >deserved all acolades and<
                 >there are many others<
                              +BUT+
                                 ^^
            +NIEMEYER WAS THE MASTER+
                      >compound curves<
               +OF THE ORGANIC TROPICS+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
          >he used to say it was the bodies<
              >of beautiful women on the<
                      +IPANEMA BEACH+
               >across from his office that<
               >was his design inspiration<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 
            (+LIVING TO AGE (ALMOST 105)+
               +HIS LOVE FOR THE BEAUTY+
                        >radiant energy<
                 +OF NATURE DESERVES+
                     +GOOD ATTENTION+)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^
 
        >my last international lecture and<
          >exhibition in brazilia where so<
             >much of his beauty prevails<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
              +GAVE ME AN OPPORTUNITY+
               +TO PRESENT MY DESIGNS<
                      >for a new view of<
             +BIOMORPHIC ARCHITECTURE+
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                       >my title for this<
              +"RADIANT ARCHITECTURE"+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
               >where biotronic energy in<
                   >the eternal volume is<
                          +PARAMOUNT+
                               ^^^^^^^
                  (>good california word<) 
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^
 
                   +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
              >the architecture of tropical<
                  >master oscar niemeyer<
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

       #1)       +BRAZILIA CATHEDRAL+
                            +1958-1971+    
           >metropolitan cathedral brazilia<
             >is typical of his puristic vision<
                   >for brazil's capitol city<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^
                            +GOOGLE+
            >brazilia/oscar niemeyer for<
                     +RADIANT JUNGLE+
                >realization drama of this<
                 >struggle to build where<
                   +NATURE IS SO VITAL+
                           ^^^^^^^^^
                    (>malaria ended my<
                         >(brazilia style)<
                   >sdsu teaching career<)
                              ^^^^^^^^   
                             +CPA XX96+
             (>"congresso panamericano<
                 >de architectos" was the<
                   >setting of my lecture<)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^ 

 
       #2)      +PAMPULHA CHURCH+
                              +1940+
        >this church was my original vision<
            >of oscar niemeyer's beautiful<
                     +TROPICAL DESIGN+
            >it was so "radical" the church<
                >was not consecrated for<
                         +MANY YEARS+
                              ^^^^^^^ 

 
      #3)           +OSCAR'S HOUSE+
                               +1952+
         >in the jungle above rio de janero<
              >this is my favorite of oscar's<
                     +DOMESTIC DESIGN+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^

 
   
       #4)           +CANOAS BRAZIL+
             >the mise-en-scene of oscar's<
                         +JUNGLE HOME+
           >and the setting of this portrait<
            >with his young family. his wife<
                       +ANNITA BALDO+    
             >died at age 93 after 78 years<
              >of their enduring marriage<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                    +HAPPY VALENTINE'S+
                           +DAY TO ALL+ !
                                ^^^^^^

 
 
       #5)             +MAC-NITERO+            
                                +1991+
          >museum of contemporary art at<
            >nitero, brazil was one of oscar<
                   >niemeyer's last great< 
                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                          +D E S I G N S+
                               ^^^^^^
 
          +FITTINGLY A SPHERICAL DESIGN+
                (>on the table out of photo<
                     >of him & black asst<) 
            +WAS HIS LAST GREAT PROJECT+
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                           >please note<
                               ^^^^^^
                   +ROBERT BURLE MARX+
       >great brazilian landscape architect<
           >and oscar niemeyer were close<
                            +GOOGLE+
             >friends and collaborators in<
                     +TROPICAL VISION+
                           ^^^^^^^^^
 
                 gene ray, lajolla, california
 
               >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^