Oscar Niemeyer
Philippou, Styliane
Oscar Niemeyer curves of irreverence Styliane Philippou. - New Haven Yale University Press c2008. - 414 p. ill. (some col.), maps 30 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-399) and index.
Introduction : 'Much more than parrots and banana trees' -- Modernism and national identity in Brazil or how to brew a Brazilian stew -- Oscar Niemeyer and the birth of Brazilian architectural modernism -- Curves of transgression: the architectural complex of Pampulha -- Challenging established hierarchies in the post-war Brazilian metropolis -- Dwelling in the 'new world in the tropics' -- Brasília: the president's plantation or the second colonization of Brazil -- Anagrams of monumentality: inversion, levitation, hybridization, dissonance -- Pau-Brasil architecture for export -- Reclaiming the right to the beach.
9780300120387
Niemeyer, Oscar 1907- --Criticism and interpretation.
International style (Architecture)--Brazil.
Architects--Brazil
NA859 / N5 P52 2008
Oscar Niemeyer curves of irreverence Styliane Philippou. - New Haven Yale University Press c2008. - 414 p. ill. (some col.), maps 30 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-399) and index.
Introduction : 'Much more than parrots and banana trees' -- Modernism and national identity in Brazil or how to brew a Brazilian stew -- Oscar Niemeyer and the birth of Brazilian architectural modernism -- Curves of transgression: the architectural complex of Pampulha -- Challenging established hierarchies in the post-war Brazilian metropolis -- Dwelling in the 'new world in the tropics' -- Brasília: the president's plantation or the second colonization of Brazil -- Anagrams of monumentality: inversion, levitation, hybridization, dissonance -- Pau-Brasil architecture for export -- Reclaiming the right to the beach.
9780300120387
Niemeyer, Oscar 1907- --Criticism and interpretation.
International style (Architecture)--Brazil.
Architects--Brazil
NA859 / N5 P52 2008