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.

Table des matières

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.

Résumé

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.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Hugo Segawa
• Edition: Springer, Berlin
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9781489987839
• ISBN: 978-1-4899-8783-9
• Pages: 266
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 234 mm x 14 mm
• Poids: 433 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 266 p.
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Art > Architecture; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Technique; 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