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Philippou, Styliane, 1965-
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Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012- -- Criticism and interpretation.
International style (Architecture) -- Brazil.
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Oscar Niemeyer : curves of irreverence / Styliane Philippou.
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Philippou, Styliane, 1965-
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2008.
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Niemeyer, Oscar, 1907-2012- -- Criticism and interpretation.
International style (Architecture) -- Brazil.
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9780300120387 (cl : alk. paper) :
0300120389 (cl : alk. paper)
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414 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : 'Much more than parrots and banana trees' -- Modernism and national identity in Brazil or how to brew a Brazilian stew -- Oscar Niemeyer and the birth of Brazilian architectural modernism -- Curves of transgression: the architectural complex of Pampulha -- Challenging established hierarchies in the post-war Brazilian metropolis -- Dwelling in the 'new world in the tropics' -- Brasília: the president's plantation or the second colonization of Brazil -- Anagrams of monumentality: inversion, levitation, hybridization, dissonance -- Pau-Brasil architecture for export -- Reclaiming the right to the beach.
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