Architect Designed Exuberant, Optimistic Places

by Edward Lifson, NPR

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Oscar Niemeyer is virtually responsible for the strikingly modern look of Brazil's capital and co-led the team that designed the U.N. building in New York City. Neimeyer died Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro at the age of 104.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, December 6, 2012