Avilés - Niemeyer Center Photo Gallery by J S Quesada at pbase.com

Avilés - Niemeyer Center

Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1989 Prince of Asturias Award for the Arts) donated the design for a cultural complex to the Principality of Asturias as a sign of appreciation.
Construction work started in 2008 and the Niemeyer Center officially opened its doors in March 2011. Nine months later, in December 2011, the center stopped its activities due to budget cuts.
These pictures were taken on December 8th 2011, a week before the facilities were closed down.

In June 2012 the Center reopened its doors again.

"An open square to the humankind, a place for education, culture and peace" Oscar Niemeyer

December 2011

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Szczepan		30-Sep-2012 07:50
Love Niemeyer's architecture, you superbly captured this great facility. V

veraferia		01-Sep-2012 19:42
"It is not the right angle that attracts me, nor the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve_the curve that I find in the mountains of my country, in the sinous course of its rivers, in the body of the beloved woman. Of curves is made all the universe." Oscar Niemeyer. Your wonderful images confirm this quote, Jorge! Precious gallery!V

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		27-Jul-2012 03:53
Super colorful work! V Paolo

Richard Cobby		23-Jul-2012 15:35
Great gallery.

Bill Klein		16-Jul-2012 13:25
fantastic gallery! BV!

goelsamuel		10-Jul-2012 15:09
Exceptional architectural gallery with superb compositions and lovely colors! V!

Buba Jafarli		21-Jun-2012 21:31
This is a great mosaic, Jorge! Well done! V. Let's hope Spain manages to recover the budget losses sooner rather than later and the Center is open again!

Marc Demoulin		17-Jun-2012 15:11
The perfect place for a great graphical series!! vVv Marc

Alberto Montagna		11-Jun-2012 09:42
Great work. V

Barbara Read and Fred Schaad		10-Jun-2012 04:02
Fabulous collection of beautifully coloured architecture. Voted It is sad this amazing facility was shut down.

lou_rozensteins		05-Jun-2012 22:07
A shame to close it down. We need the luxury of spaces like this to feel free! Great shots .... gives a good sense of the space and colour. Well done.

Dek Grant		04-Jun-2012 23:40
Amazing gallery - wonderful colours and images throughout.

Wilfred Seefeld		04-Jun-2012 04:33
A spectacular series! BV

Sheila		03-Jun-2012 23:41
A wonderful gallery of beautiful shapes and colours. Very sad it had to close down.

arminb		03-Jun-2012 19:30
splendid!

PauloCGama		03-Jun-2012 18:47
Place is wonderful so are the photos, my friend. Great gallery.

Walter Otto Koenig		03-Jun-2012 14:39
A superb gallery of images of this amazing place. A great selection and variety of images. It is most unfortunate that the Center has close down. I hope it can be re-opened soon. "V"

Dan Greenberg		03-Jun-2012 00:28
A wonderful gallery full of visually engaging images that are crisp, clean and colorful. This looks like quite an amazing place to visit. ~VVV~

Lennart Waara		02-Jun-2012 09:31
Wonderful motives and a great serie and colorful presentation! Excellent work!

Marcia Colelli		01-Jun-2012 20:03
Fantastic architectural gallery V

Long Bach Nguyen		31-May-2012 23:21
fantastic images

Zoltán Balogh		31-May-2012 10:31
I agree with Paolo: spectacular! Great job! V

Karen Stuebing		30-May-2012 21:59
A fabulous gallery with incredible images. As Paola says, it is spectacular. V.

Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		30-May-2012 13:16
Spectacular! V Paolo

John Hamers		29-May-2012 21:27
Very beautiful collection of well composed and colourful images !! V

Colin Storey		29-May-2012 19:42
Fantastic gallery, shame this place could not be kept going. v

janescottcumming		29-May-2012 00:33
A wonderful collection of images rich in color, lines and shapes. Such a shame it had to shut down. I hope you will be putting up more photos of this interesting place.

shatterbug		28-May-2012 08:14
Great play of lines and shapes here!

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