In 1947, he was appointed to the committee to design the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
In 1947, he was appointed to the committee to design the United Nations Headquarters in New York. He designed a church that authorities refused to consecrate because of its non-traditional paraboloid shapes and a controversial blue and white tiled-mural depicting scenes from the life of Saint Francis of Assisi. In addition to that work for the Pampulha project which reflected his use of pilotis, with Lucio Costa he designed the layout and buildings for his country's new capital. FTP, name this Brazilian architect who is most notable for buildings such as the Hotel Nacional, Catedral Metropolitana, and the Congresso Nacional in the city of Brasilia.
In 1947, he was appointed to the committee to design the United Nations Headquarters in New York.
Oscar {Niemeyer}