Oscar Niemeyer
Subtitle: Houses
Contributors: Alan Weintraub (Photographer)
Publisher: Rizzoli; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: May 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780847827985
Subjects: Individual architects; Niemeyer, Oscar,; Criticism and interpretation; Individual Architects Of The 20th Century; Architecture; International Architecture - General; Brazil; Domestic; Individual Architect; Architecture / Individual Architect; 20th century; Architect-designed houses; Architecture, Domestic
Description: "The work of Oscar Niemeyer added a new perspective 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. Now the last living Modern Master, Niemeyer is known primarily for his large-scale institutional and civic designs throughout Brazil and Europe. Yet another significant aspect of his career has been virtually ignored: his residential designs. Oscar Niemeyer Houses showcases these unappreciated architectural gems."--Jacket.