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Niemeyer (Hardcover)
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Niemeyer (Hardcover)
Series: Basic Art Series
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List price R581
Loot Price R486
Discovery Miles 4 860
You Save R95 (16%)
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Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was
something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades
of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming
skylines from Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria, to his homeland masterpiece
Brasilia. Niemeyer's work took the reduced forms of modernism and
infused them with free-flowing grace. In place of pared-down
starkness, his structures rippled with sinuous and seductive lines.
In buildings such as the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum, Edificio
Copan, or the Metropolitan Cathedral in Brasilia, he brought
curvaceousness to the concrete jungle. In the futuristic federal
capital of Brasilia, he designed almost all public buildings, and
thus became integral to the global image of Brazil. With rich
illustrations documenting highlights from his prolific career, this
book introduces Niemeyer's unique vision and its transformative
influence on buildings of business, faith, culture, and the public
imagination of Brazil. About the series Born back in 1985, the
Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book
collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN's Basic
Architecture series features: an introduction to the life and work
of the architect the major works in chronological order information
about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as
construction problems and resolutions a list of all the selected
works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most
famous buildings approximately 120 illustrations (photographs,
sketches, drafts, and plans)
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