The Oscar Niemeyer Tower holds a great meaning for the city. That's how the Vice President of Fundação Getulio Vargas, Sergio Franklin Quintella, defines the building opened today, December 16th, next to FGV's new architectural complex. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer back in the 1950s, FGV's complex is now complete, almost 60 years later, and Rio receives one more work from the master of curves, who would be celebrating his 106^th birthday yesterday.The initial project was upgraded by Niemeyer himself to meet the new needs of FGV and includes, besides the main offices (opened in 1968), a new 19 floor building and two underground garages - named Torre Oscar Niemeyer in his honor - one terrace and a cultural center. The tower will house the offices of many major companies and the cultural center will have a physical and a virtual library, a study area, an auditorium and a space for art exhibitions. The cultural center was adapted and the idea is to make their functions flexible. For example, the same auditorium can be divided into others, according to the needs and size of the events, explains Quintella.The works started in 2010 and were concluded in three years, on schedule. The cultural center, however, is still being concluded and should be concluded by April 2014.FGV's main offices are also going through a retrofit process, as requested by Oscar Niemeyer to make the old building - listed by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) - in line with the new buildings.