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Author: Alan Hess
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 370
ISBN-13: 0847831906
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith specially-commissioned colour photography, this is a re-evaluation of the great buildings of Oscar Niemeyer. These are the buildings Niemeyer himself considers his most important work, including works in Brazil, France, Italy and Algeria.
Author: David Kendrick Underwood
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 232
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Oscar Niemeyer, born in 1907, is widely considered this century's leading Latin American architect, as well as one of the pioneers of modern architecture. This volume explores the major themes and sources of the most important works from all phases of Niemeyer's career, from the early collaborations of the 1930s and 1940s with Lucio Costa, the spiritual father of Brazilian modernism, to the 1989 Memorial da America Latina in Sao Paulo, a complex that reveals the maturation of Niemeyer's free-form style in the service of his utopian vision. A central theme of Niemeyer's work has been its reflection of the Brazilian jeito, a sinuous and improvisational style manifested in everything from the country's sensual, undulating landscape to its attraction to spontaneous impulses, best known through its vibrant music and dance. The jeito and the milieu of Rio de Janeiro lie at the heart of Niemeyer's free-form style, which emphasizes the inherent plasticity of the native curve over the rigid rectilinearity of the International Style in Europe. A second theme treats the influence on Niemeyer of the poetic style of Le Corbusier. Also considered are Niemeyer's attraction to surrealist biomorphic forms and his desire to express a sense of the fantastic in architecture. A final theme is Niemeyer's search for an aesthetic utopia that would resolve social dilemmas by wishing them away through architecture. Herein lies Niemeyer's strength, for as his architecture reflects the multiple dichotomies of the Brazilian experience, it projects an emotive universality that few architects have been able to achieve."--Publisher.
Author: Stamo Papadaki
Publisher:
Published: 1960
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the history of architecture examples of lyrical buildings, buildings as the result of a poetic image rather than of a function, are few and far apart in time and space - be it the temple of Apteros Nike, a church by Guarino Guarini or the Eiffel Tower. This is easy to understand. In a world conditioned by physical forces, social impacts, and economic determinism, the architect must be a very powerful dreamer, with dreams big enough to engulf and obliterate all kinds of secondary realities. The extent to which Oscar Niemeyer is the very able, the highly effectual dreamer is made evident in Professor Papadaki's essay. Niemeyer, by giving to basic architectural forms a new and surprising meaning, created variations and new solutions with local patterns which have a grace and subtlety until then unknown to modern architecture," stated Lucio Costa - the most respected architectural voice in all of Latin America - in perhaps the clearest summation of Niemeyer's contribution to contemporary building activity. To all appearances Niemeyer is not a theorist; he indulges in the ineffable delight of designing buildings, in the direct creative processes which in architecture are not free of the painful shocks of reality nor unmixed with heartaches. Yet the stern realities of an architectural problem: the dictates of the terrain, the demands of the building program, the commands of technology, the availability of skills and the choice of materials, the restrictions of budget and the incoherencies of the client - all become with Niemeyer the subjects of a miraculous metamorphosis, the elements of a lyrical act. Professor Papadaki describes the latent state of exuberance which is so much suggested by the climate, the topography and the flora of Brazil and which finds in Niemeyer's work a tangible plastic expression; architecture becoming in its turn one of man's essential joys. -- Amazon.
Author: Oscar Neimeyer
Publisher: Phaidon Press Limited
Published: 2000-01-10
Total Pages: 204
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe memoirs of the architectural master Oscar Niemeyer, a pioneer of Modernism.
Author: Styliane Philippou
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300120387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBorn in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, Oscar Niemeyer is recognized as one of the world's most fiercely original architects and the central figure of Brazilian architectural Modernism. The prolific designer of more than 600 buildings, Niemeyer has been in practice for seven decades. Architecture, he declares must be "functional, beautiful, and shocking." Transgressing orthodox Modernist aesthetic doctrine and subverting hegemonic cultural models, his work privileged invention and affirmed spectacle and luxury, pleasure, beauty, and sensuality as legitimate architectural pursuits. This gorgeously illustrated book explores the development of Niemeyer's extraordinary body of ideas and forms as well as his role in the construction of Brazil's modern image and cultural tradition. Through a detailed discussion of his intoxicating experiments in reinforced concrete, the book offers the opportunity to relish the stream of pleasures afforded by Niemeyer's important buildings, including his mid-century projects as chief architect for the new capital of Brasília, and the spectacular Niterói Museum of Contemporary Art, completed in 1996. Providing the first comprehensive analysis of Niemeyer's radical work and dissident perspective, Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence sheds new light on the route the architect has followed as well as on Brazilian Modernism as a non-conformist project informed by a nationalist and anti-colonialist stance.
Author: Paul Andreas
Publisher: Springer DE
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 150
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA concise, stimulating and attractively illustrated overview of the works of Oscar Niemeyer, underlining his relevance for today's architecture. The Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, born in 1907, counts as one of the great architects of the 20th century. He became well-known for his buildings in Brasilia, which combined a respect for the immediate surroundings with unmistakeable, almost baroque designs. In this publication, noted authors analyse important and topical aspects of Niemeyer's works and the text "My Architecture" by Niemeyer himself is featured. His work is set in the context of Brazil's modern architectural history, and his contribution to urban planning is reviewed. The role of the landscape in his oeuvre, and his influence on recent German architecture is examined. Striking duotone photographs from the Niemeyer archives, spread over 48 pages illustrate the highlights of his architecture. This book has been published to accompany the exhibition "Oscar Niemeyer" which will start in February 2003 at the German Museum for Architecture (DAM) in Frankfurt.
Author: Paul Andreas
Publisher: Birkhaüser
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783038214489
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNiemeyer became world renowned for planning and building the capital Brasilia, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1987. His buildings are deeply respectful of the site and are characterized by an unmistakable, almost Baroque design impulse. He was highly prolific up until his death (2012) and is one of the most productive architects in history. This second edition has a new preface and updated biography and list of works.
Author: René Burri
Publisher: Scheidegger and Spiess
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783858813077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLast year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of Brazil's capital Brasilia. Designed by architects Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, it has since become one of the most famous and widely studied urban planning projects. Niemeyer's cathedral, Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida; his building for the national parliament, the Congresso Nacional; and the city's 707-foot television tower have become icons of twentieth-century architecture. The entire city, marked by its cross-shaped layout and vast open spaces, was named a UNESO World Heritage site in 1987. René Burri, an internationally celebrated Swiss-born photographer and member of the legendary Magnum agency, visited the city for the first time on a long journey around South America in 1958, when most of Brasilia was a vast building site. He returned many times over more than thirty years, documenting the growth and development of this urban utopia. Besides documenting the buildings in various stages of completion, Burri took portraits of Niemeyer and his workers and photographed Brasilia's street scenes and people: workers with their tools, machinery and building materials, pedestrians on the newly finished streets and squares, and aerial views from the air of the city's first slums abutting brand-new blocks of residential buildings. His images capture the strong sense of a new era and a vibrant atmosphere of hard work and strain; they reflect the huge dimensions of the landscape and the great scale of this project and its ambition to design and build a new capital--and fill it with life. Complete with an essay by eminent architect and scholar of architectural history Arthur Rüegg, René Burri. Brasilia marks the city's fiftieth anniversary and allows readers to look at an extraordinary city through the eyes of an exceptional photographer.
Author: Source Wikipedia
Publisher: University-Press.org
Published: 2013-09
Total Pages: 42
ISBN-13: 9781230834344
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlease note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Brasilia, United Nations Headquarters, University of Brasilia, Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, List of Oscar Niemeyer works, National Congress of Brazil, Palacio do Planalto, University of Haifa, Ibirapuera Auditorium, Gustavo Capanema Palace, Palacio da Alvorada, Latin America Memorial, Latin American Parliament, Ibirapuera Park, Ministry of External Relations, United Nations Secretariat Building, Cathedral of Brasilia, Praca dos Tres Poderes, Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Edificio Copan, Monumental Axis, Palacio do Jaburu, Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum, University of Science and Technology, Houari Boumediene, Cultural Complex of the Republic, Anhembi Sambadrome, Natal City Park, Pampulha, JK Building, Penang State Mosque, University of Information Science, National Theatre, Praca da Apoteose. Excerpt: Brasilia (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is the capital of Brazil. The name is commonly spelled Brasilia in English. The city and its District are located in the Central-West region of the country, along a plateau known as Planalto Central. It has a population of about 2,557,000 (3,599,000 in the metropolitan area) as of the 2008 IBGE estimate, making it the fourth largest city in Brazil. However, as a metropolitan area, it ranks lower at sixth. It is listed as a World Heritage Site UNESCO. Brasilia hosts 123 foreign embassies. As the national capital, Brasilia is the seat of all three branches of the Brazilian government. The city also hosts the headquarters of many Brazilian companies. Planning policies such as the locating of residential buildings around expansive urban areas, as well as building the city around large avenues and dividing it into sectors, have sparked a debate and reflection on life in big cities in the 20th century. The city's planned design...
Author: Alan Hess
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780847827985
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOscar Niemeyer is one of the greatest architects of our time. Hugely influential, his work has added a new dimension to modern architecture in the twentieth century. The designer of Brasilia showed that the rhythmic, sensuous lines of Brazilian Modernism were as legitimately modern as the rectilinear lines of the Bauhaus. Oscar Niemeyer Houses showcases the houses built by this seminal modern master in a lavish format that finally does justice to his extraordinary work. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Niemeyer's prodigious genius. The designs show a personal and eclectic facet to Niemeyer's creative imagination, a side of the master little known and under-appreciated. Often built for family members or major clients, they show a wealth of solutions that respond to a wide range of sites: the steep hillsides of Rio, the Atlantic beach shore, the rain forest, and the residential neighborhoods of Rio and Sao Paulo. This celebrated work stands as an enduring and notable tribute to one of the last of the international masters of Modernism.
