Ingen af de 11 arkitekter fra dengang er længere i live, selv om den ældste blev 104 – nu skal selve den store plenarsal i den verdenskendte bygning i New York renoveres og lukkes derfor i en periode.
NEW YORK, 24 April 2013: With an extensive renovation of the great General Assembly Hall imminent, United Nations officials Wednesday paid tribute to architect Oscar Niemeyer and other members of the UN board of design in a ceremony that revisited the inception (påbegyndelsen) of the iconic Headquarters project in 1949.
“Our architects were ahead of the times,” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said as he helped open the proceedings, noting that the Secretariat building was the first based on its particular glass and steel structure.
“I hope that we will follow their example and stay at the vanguard (fortroppen) when it comes to solving global problems,” he added.
Mr. Ban recalled that a Board of Design was created to create a complex that would express the vision of the United Nations set out in its Charter, bringing together 11 architects from around the world.
The youngest and last surviving member of the Board, the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, died in December 2012 at the age of 104.
At that time Mr. Ban noted that he was responsible for many iconic structures throughout the world.
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