Architecture of Brazil

Taking in the celebrated, and reviled, period of Niemeyer's primacy in Brazilian architecture, this meticulous history examines the controversies, achievements, and failures in constructing spaces, buildings, and cities in South America's most dynamic country.

Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 examines the processes that underpin modern Brazilian architecture under various influences and characterizes different understandings of modernity, evident in the chapter topics of this book. Accordingly, the author does not give overall preference to particular architects nor works, with the exception of a few specific works and architects, including Warchavchik, Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, and Vilanova Artigas.

Meticulously examines the controversies, achievements, and failures in constructing spaces, buildings, and cities in a dynamic country Gives a broad view of Brazilian architecture in the 20th century Proposes a reinterpretation of the varied approaches of the modern movement up to the Second World War Analyzes ideological impacts of important Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa and Vilanova Artigas Discusses work of expatriate architects in Brazil Features over 140 illustrations

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An Explanation.- Brazil under Urbanization 1862-1945.- From Colonial to Neocolonial Style: The Search for Some Modernity 1880- 1926.- Programmatic Modernism 1917-1932.- Pragmatic Modernity 1922-1943.- Current Modernity 1929-1945.- The Affirmation of a School 1943-1960.- The Affirmation of a Hegemony 1945-1970.- Episodes of a Great and Modern Brazil 1950-1980.- Disarticulation and Rearticulation? 1980-1990.