Architecture of Brazil
Subtitle: 1900-1990
By: by Hugo Segawa
Contributors: SpringerLink (Online service)
Publisher: Springer New York; Imprint: Springer
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 266
ISBN-13: 9781461454311
Subjects: Building materials; Architects; Civil engineering; Building Construction; Architectural History and Theory; Architecture; Designs and plans; Cities, Countries, Regions
Description: <p><i>Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990</i> 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. </p><p>In summary, this book:</p><p>Meticulously examines the controversies, achievements, and failures in constructing spaces, buildings, and cities in a dynamic country </p><p>Gives a broad view of Brazilian architecture in the twentieth century </p><p>Proposes a reinterpretation of the varied approaches of the modern movement up to the Second World War </p><p>Analyzes ideological impacts of important Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa and Vilanova Artigas </p><p>Discusses work of expatriate architects in Brazil </p><p>Features over 140 illustrations</p><p>In <i>Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990</i>, Segawa brings to the reader an understanding of this important period of architectural history based on his emphasis on processes, allowing the reader to see in-context the leading figures and achievements.</p>
Table of contents: title: An Explanation; title: Brazil under Urbanization 1862-1945; title: From Colonial to Neocolonial Style: The Search for Some Modernity 1880- 1926; title: Programmatic Modernism 1917-1932; title: Pragmatic Modernity 1922-1943; title: Current Modernity 1929-1945; title: The Affirmation of a School 1943-1960; title: The Affirmation of a Hegemony 1945-1970; title: Episodes of a Great and Modern Brazil 1950-1980; title: Disarticulation and Rearticulation? 1980-1990.