Architecture of Brazil - 1900-1990

Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 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.

List of contents

An Explanation.- Brazil under Urbanization 1862-1945.- From Colonial to Neocolonial Style: The Search for Some Modernity 1880- 1926.- Programmatic Modernism 1917-1932.- Pragmatic Modernity 1922-1943.- Current Modernity 1929-1945.- The Affirmation of a School 1943-1960.- The Affirmation of a Hegemony 1945-1970.- Episodes of a Great and Modern Brazil 1950-1980.- Disarticulation and Rearticulation? 1980-1990.

About the author

Hugo Segawa, University of Sao Paulo, [e-mail]

Summary

Architecture of Brazil: 1900-1990 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.

Product details

• Authors: Hugo Segawa
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.07.2012
• EAN: 9781461454304
• ISBN: 978-1-4614-5430-4
• No. of pages: 266
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 16 mm x 244 mm
• Weight: 612 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 266 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Architecture; Design, B, Architecture, Individual architects & architectural firms, Building, Construction, Civil Engineering, architects, Building Construction and Design, Architecture and Design, History of Architecture, Civil engineering, surveying & building, Heating, lighting, ventilation, Engineering, Architectural, Buildings—Design and construction, Building construction & materials, Building Materials, Architectural History and Theory, City & town planning: architectural aspects, Cities, Countries, Regions