Brazil's star architect Oscar Niemeyer, who revolutionized modern architecture with his sensual curves inspired by "the body of the Brazilian woman," feted his 104th birthday on December 15 in his Rio workshop overlooking Copacabana beach, reported Yahoo News.

During his seven-decade career, Niemeyer has designed more than 600 projects around the world, and is famous for some of Brazil's most distinctive buildings. Niemeyer, a disciple of Le Corbusier, designed his first building, the Ministry of Education and Public Health in Rio de Janeiro in 1943. His iconic buildings also include the National Congress of Brazil, the Cathedral of Brasilia, the Niteroi Contemporary Art museum, and he was a part of the panel that designed the United Nations Headquarters in New York City. He recently designed a new theater for Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. Niemeyer, who won the 1988 Pritzker Prize -- "architecture's Nobel" -- chose his birthday to launch the 11th edition of "Nosso Caminho (Our Way)," the architecture magazine he publishes with his wife Vera Lucia.

For a birthday present, he was given "Laura," a bronze sculpture with breasts exposed which was designed by famed Brazilian caricaturist Lan and made in bronze by artist Marcos Andre, according to the daily O Globo.

Last August, Niemeyer told reporters that there were still a few things he would like to do, such as "a beautiful project for Copacabana."

"I was once asked what I thought about life. My reply: As long as I have a woman next to me, come what may," he joked.