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049 _aBEA
050 _aNA859
_bN5 P52 2008
100 1 _aPhilippou, Styliane
_9263857
245 1 0 _aOscar Niemeyer
_bcurves of irreverence
_cStyliane Philippou.
260 _aNew Haven
_bYale University Press
_cc2008.
300 _a414 p.
_bill. (some col.), maps
_c30 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 387-399) and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction : '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.
590 _aWorldwide Books, Jun/05/2009, 2009-922.
600 1 0 _aNiemeyer, Oscar
_d1907-
_xCriticism and interpretation.
_9258531
_2Local
650 0 _aInternational style (Architecture)
_zBrazil.
_9238493
_2Local
650 0 0 _aArchitects
_zBrazil
_954076
_2Local
942 _c6
_hNA859.N5 P52