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# Centro Niemeyer
- URL: https://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/photos/centro-niemeyer/
- Published: 2012-05-30T19:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-04T17:43:32.000Z
- Description: The Centro Niemeyer Avilés is a joy to photograph.
- Author: Ivar Hagendoorn
- Tags: Photography

The Centro Niemeyer aka the Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre in Avilés, Spain is one of the last projects designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012). The centre is located on the harbour front in the town of Avilés in northwest Spain not far from Oviedo. I visited the Centro Niemeyer in 2012, a year after the official opening, when Spain was still in the depths of recession following the financial crisis. It is well worth a detour if you're travelling to the north of Spain. Be sure to also spend some time in the old town of Avilés. 

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-1.jpg)

The Centro Niemeyer in Avilés is a joy to photograph

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-2.jpg)

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-3.jpg)

I love all those curves

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-4.jpg)

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-6.jpg)

Unfortunately the tower was closed when I visited

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-7.jpg)

Evidently Oscar Niemeyer loved curves

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-8.jpg)

The Centro Niemeyer Avilés consists of four separate buildings

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-9.jpg)

The Centro Niemeyer Avilés is a joy to photograph

![Centro Niemeyer Avilés](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-10.jpg)

The Centro Niemeyer Avilés within its urban context

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f7/c4/f7c4338c-1a69-4369-8416-8d74c9880bb6/content/images/2019/09/centro-niemeyer-11.jpg)

There's a colourful bridge that leads to the complex

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