Oscar is Dead. Vive Oscar.

Today an architecture icon past away. Oscar Niemeyer, the man behind Brasilia, is gone after leaving his indelible mark around the world.
"You may not like Brasilia, but you can't say have seen anything like it - you maybe saw something better, but not the same. I prefer Rio, even with the robberies. What can you do? ... But people who live in Brasilia, to my surprise, don't want to leave it. Brasilia works. There are problems. But it works. And from my perspective, the ultimate task of the architect is to dream. Otherwise nothing happens."
Oscar Niemeyer, in 2005, to the New York Times magazine.

Here is something interesting and more comprehensive about the man and his work.