Brazilian icon Oscar Niemeyer, who revolutionised modern architecture, has died just short of his 105th birthday.
Mr Niemeyer designed some 600 works and was renowned for his contribution to the global skyline.
He is most famous for constructing the futuristic capital of Brasilia.
"Brazil today lost one of its geniuses. It's a day for mourning," President Dilma Rousseff said in a statement posted on her official blog.
The architect's death was caused by a worsening respiratory infection, according to Samarintano hospital, where he was being treated.
Mr Niemeyer's body has been flown to Brasilia for a funeral at the presidential palace, one of his major works, before being returned to Rio for another ceremony.
The Museum of Contemporary Art near Rio de Janeiro Winner of architecture's top award in 1988, the Pritzker Prize, Mr Niemeyer started his career in the 1930s and went on working until his death at 104, with some 20 projects left unfinished.
"I am not attracted by the angles or the hard and inflexible straight lines created by man … what attracts me is the free and sensual curve," he told the Spanish newspaper ABC.
The architect was a lifetime communist and argued that "poor people don't get to take part, but they can be brought to a halt in front of a building that is so different that it sparks a moment of surprise and emotion".
Mr Niemeyer created buildings all over the world, including Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Hyde Park, London, the United Nations building in New York, and the headquarters of the French Communist Party in Paris.
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