Oscar Niemeyer
FIFA Secretary General Jérôme Valcke and Hublot Chairman Jean-Claude Biver (R) talk during the ceremony of the unveiling clock designed by the late star architect Oscar Niemeyer to mark the one-year countdown to next year's World Cup in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 12, 2013.
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One of them is Pele, standing right here beside us, and the other, Oscar Niemeyer, is the designer of the clock. I had the pleasure of meeting the architect once and I was enchanted by his cheerful nature, curiosity and desire to keep on learning
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