TY  - BOOK
AU  - Philippou,Styliane
TI  - Oscar Niemeyer: curves of irreverence
SN  - 9780300120387
AV  - NA859 N5 P52 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Niemeyer, Oscar
KW  - International style (Architecture)
KW  - Brazil
KW  - Local
KW  - Architects
N1  - 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
ER  -