Niemeyer [Hardcover]

Until his death at age 104,Oscar Niemeyer(19072012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately600 buildings, transforming skylines from Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria, to his homeland masterpieceBras?lia.

Niemeyers work took the reduced forms of modernism and infused them with free-flowing grace. In place of pared-down starkness, hisstructures rippled with sinuous and seductive lines. In buildings such as the Niter?i Contemporary Art Museum, Edif?cio Copan, or the Metropolitan Cathedral in Bras?lia, he broughtcurvaceousness to the concrete jungle. In the futuristic federal capital ofBras?lia, 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 Niemeyers unique vision and its transformative influence on buildings of business, faith, culture, and the public imagination of Brazil.

BAOver seven decades, Oscar Niemeyer designed approximately 600 buildings, including almost all public structures in his homelands futuristic new capital, Bras?lia. This essential introduction presents Niemeyers unique, voluptuous modernist touch and its transformative influence on buildings of business, faith, culture, and the public imagination of Brazil.