The Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, born in 1907, counts as one of the great architects of the 20th century. he became well-known for his buildings in Brasilia, which combined a respect for the immediate surroundings with unmistakable, almost baroque designs. In this publication, noted authors analyse important and topical aspects of NiemeyerÂ’s works and the text "My Architecture" by Niemeyer himself is featured. His work is set in the context of BrazilÂ’s modern architectural history, and his contribution to urban planning is reviewed. The role of the landscape in his oeuvre, and his influence on recent German architecture is examined . Striking duotone photographs from the Niemeyer archives, spread over 48 pages illustrate the highlights of his architecture. This book has been published to accompany the exhibition "Oscar Niemeyer" which will start in February 2003 at the German Museum for Architecture (DAM) in Frankfurt.
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41 album plate photos lacking in composition,
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This review is from: Oscar Niemeyer: Eine Legende Der Moderne / A Legend of Modernism (German and English Edition) (Paperback)
41 plate photos in color and B&W with album quality, but somehow lacking in composition, 1 floor plan, 46 quite insignificant index size illustrations, 144 pages, glossy paper, bilingual in German and English side-by-side, high quality publishing, a lot of text.
CONTENTS 7 Oscar Niemeyer. Eine Legende der Moderne / Oscar Niemeyer. A Legend of Modernism 21 Die Kurven des Lebens - em Interview mit Oscar Niemeyer / The curves of life - an interview with Oscar Niemeyer 27 Oscar Niemeyer und die brasilianische Tradition der Moderne / Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Modernism 37 Ordnung und Fortschritt. Der Stadtplaner Oscar Niemeyer / Order and progress. Oscar Niemeyer, urbanist 45 Integration von Architektur und lngenieurwissenschaft im Werk Oscar Niemeyers / The integration between architecture and structure in Oscar Niemeyer's work 59 Oscar Niemeyer und Deutschland. Die Rezeption in der DDR / Oscar Niemeyer and Germany. Responses in East Germany 69 Zurück in die Zukunft. Oscar Niemeyer und der Retrofuturismus / Back to the future: Oscar Niemeyer and Retro-Futurism 77 Oscar Niemeyer und die Landschaft / Oscar Niemeyer and landscape 115 architekt, architektur und gesellschaft / architect, architecture and society 123 Aktuelle Probleme der brasilianischen Architektur / Current problems with Brazilian architecture 129 Meine Architektur / My architecture 133 Oscar Niemeyer - eine biografische Ubersicht / Oscar Niemeyer - A biographical overview 135 Oscar Niemeyer: Projekt- und Werverzeichnis / Projects and buildings 142 Uber die Autoren / On the authors 143 Bildnachweis, Abdruckverzeichnis / Picture credits, List of reproductions
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