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Oscar Niemeyer is one of the greatest architects of our time. Hugely influential, his work has added a new dimension to modern architecture in the twentieth century. The designer of Brasilia showed that the rhythmic, sensuous lines of Brazilian Modernism were as legitimately modern as the rectilinear lines of the Bauhaus. Oscar Niemeyer Houses showcases the houses built by this seminal modern master in a lavish format that finally does justice to his extraordinary work. Viewed as a collection, these houses serve to demonstrate the wide range of Niemeyer's prodigious genius. The designs show a personal and eclectic facet to Niemeyer's creative imagination, a side of the master little known and under-appreciated. Often built for family members or major clients, they show a wealth of solutions that respond to a wide range of sites: the steep hillsides of Rio, the Atlantic beach shore, the rain forest, and the residential neighborhoods of Rio and Sao Paulo. This celebrated work stands as an enduring and notable tribute to one of the last of the international masters of Modernism.
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Not worth getting even in a bargain bin.......2007-08-02
This has to be one of the worst books I have ever bought. I was expecting inspirational works - what I got was some trashy looking houses.
Maybe they are better when seeing them live, but this book does not inspire me to go seek them out. Out of the numerous houses/flat in the book I could say that only 2 or so were inspirational - the rest trash.
Design sensitivity.......2007-06-12
Detailed images to show Niemeyer's thoughts on living. Choronological spectrum of his works and constant re interpretation of his own architecture.
A HOUSE is NOT A HOME.......2006-12-25
I saw some of his work in real, but the pictures of those that I didn't see are awesome! Houses designed by a communist, for the capitalists... But we don't care
A new facet from this marvelous Brazilian architect.......2006-11-06
This is a marvelous edition of a particular unknown facet of Oscar Niemeyer (Houses). He is a Brazilian architect that built an international reputation because of public spaces solutions. This book offers a detailed timeline view of private houses projected by him.
BRAZILIAN MODERN.......2006-10-26
Niemeyer's houses are like modern art deco, they exude elegance and elan. This book does a fine job of captureing what makes his work so special, through the crisp images and interesting text. I was familiar with Niemeyer's public work, which frankly I not a huge fan of, but not his house designs, which I must say I appreciate much more than his civic work, I mean Brasilia is a mess, an urban "1984" nightmare, but his houses are much more serene and elegant. Nice book, highly recommended to anyone with a love for architecture.
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Oscar Niemeyer: Eine Legende Der Moderne / A Legend of Modernism
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Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian Free-Form Modernism
ASIN: 3764369922 |
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Der brasilianische Architekt Oscar Niemeyer (*1907) gehört zu den Klassikern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Durch seine Bauten für Brasilia wurde er weltberühmt. In seinen Gebäuden vereinigt er den Respekt für die jeweilige Örtlichkeit mit einem unverwechselbaren, fast barocken Gestaltungsdrang. In dieser Publikation werden - neben dem Text "Meine Architektur" von Niemeyer selbst - in Einzelbeiträgen von renommierten Autoren wichtige und aktuelle Aspekte des Werks von Niemeyer analysiert. Themen sind zum Beispiel die Einordnung seines Schaffens in die moderne Architekturgeschichte Brasiliens, sein Beitrag als Stadtplaner, die Landschaftlichkeit in seinem OEuvre und sein Einfluss auf die Architektur der jüngsten Zeit in Deutschland. Den visuellen Glanzpunkt bilden die 48 Seiten mit Farbabbildungen, darunter 30 Fotos aus dem Niemeyer-Archiv, welche die Highlights seiner Architektur eindrücklich zur Darstellung bringen.
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41 album plate photos lacking in composition.......2006-02-24
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.
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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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Oscar Niemeyer and the Architecture of Brazil
David Underwood
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ASIN: 0847816869
Release Date: 1994-10-15 |
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Interesting but Flawed.......2002-03-20
Oscar Niemeyer is Brazil's best-known architect. Famous for his monumental buildings in Brasilia, for the U.N. complex in New York, and his reputation for failed social engineering based on a convenient sort of elitist communism. Underwood's book is a strong introduction to Niemeyer's work, but like Niemeyer's buildings, it has flaws both in design and execution. Niemeyer was born in 1907, and combined a Rio de Janeiro sensibility (deriving inspiration from waves, women's figures, and palm trees) with an assertively modernist approach to architecture. Underwood points out that he went through several distinct periods: his early assimilation of architectural trends including a passion for Le Corbusier's then-revolutionary ideals; a period of introspective critical review that led to a more disciplined style (and Brasilia); followed by years of exile during the military regimes; and finally a return home as the leftist granddaddy of Brazilian modernism.
Niemeyer struggled with what Underwood calls the "Brazilian dilemma," the fact that he sympathized with the poor workingman but designed for and was paid by the wealthy elite. In fact, there really is no dilemma at all. He was a brilliant architectural innovator, but his work contributed next to nothing to the lives of ordinary Brazilians.. He changed forever views on architecture, he breathed life into formal Corbusian structures, but his works never realized his vision of making cities more livable and egalitarian. And the more he tried, the more uncomfortable were his creations. He was forever dependent on the elites and politicos who commissioned his works and bent the rules to get them built. "Modern architectural innovation in Brazil was the stepchild of authoritarian politics and the jeito brasileiro."
The book is good. The large format and excellent photos make it easy to follow the trajectory of his career (although one flaw is the lack of a useful city map or aerial photo of Brasilia). Underwood has a good grasp of the architect's jargon, occasionally spinning off..., but generally staying on course. Yet, [I feel] the title is a misnomer. There is no biographical material about Niemeyer himself. The book follows his career, building by building, without any discussion at all of Niemeyer the man. Nor is there thoughtful discussion of the many negative judgements of Niemeyer's buildings with their naïve utopianism, unlivability, and their excessive concern with form over function. Finally, in the final pages, Underwood seems to sour a bit on Niemeyer's flimsy socialist sentiments and takes a more critical perspective. "This is the strongest link between [Rio's] Samba Stadium and Brasilia, expensive projects that purport to give something truly Brazilian back to the people in fact not so subtly take it away."
And on the last page, he [seems to realize] there is something fundamentally wrong with Niemeyer's insistence on designing monumental modernist structures that people don't want to work in or live in, all in the name of social and aesthetic progress. "The important challenge of going beyond attractive appearances and imagining functions genuinely appropriate to the formidable problems of a developing nation continues to take a backseat to creating seductive forms that express the elitist status quo in a way that masks its inequalities or makes them seem acceptable." ...
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Oscar Niemeyer, one of the most prolific architects of the 20th century, has long been considered a pioneer of modern architecture. This book is an intimate exploration of one man's unique vision, and his commitment to it even as he faced exile from his home country, Brazil. Niemeyer's crowning achievement was the creation of a new capital for Brazil. Named chief architect for Brasilia, Niemeyer used his signature style - a play on the contrast between curves and concrete - to design its major buildings and left his mark on an entire nation. Now 92 years old, Niemeyer remains one of the greatest living architects of our time. With an in-depth interview and photographs by Matthieu Salvaing - who traveled with Niemeyer from Rio to Brasilia, from Sao Paulo to Belo Horizonte, this book is the candid testimony of a living legend.
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Very disappointed.......2007-09-11
7 and half pages of a boring interview and 37 pages of generic photos is not quite what i would call "a book". Litteraly, that's all there was to it! I was hoping that there would be some discriptions and history behind some of his famous works such as the Museum that's on the front cover. There was a 2 page spread of a terrible photo of the museum and that was it. In fact, all the photos of his works has no discriptions.
VERY disappointing i must say. i don't recommend it. Now have a 6 x 8 inch paper weight collecting dust. How nice!
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UNDERSTANDING NIEMEYER FROM A SURREALIST POINT OF VIEW.......1999-09-06
NIEMEYER HAS BEEN HIGHLY CRITICIZED FOR POOR FUNCTIONALIST CONSIDERATION IN HIS BLDGS, SUCH AS HUMAN USE. MANY OF THIS ACCUSATIONS MAY BE TRUE. BUT THIS BOOK OFFERS AN ANALYSIS OF THE ARCHITECT'S WORK FROM A SURREALIST POINT OF VIEW, THAT HELPS US UNDERSTAND WHERE HE COMES FROM AND WHY THE FREE-FORMS ARE ALMOST AN OBSTINATE CONSTANT IN HIS WORK TO THIS DAY. IT'S INTERSTING TO READ UNDERWOOD'S THESIS, AS JUST ANOTHER WAY OF SEEING AND STUDYING THE WORK OF THIS MASTER OF BRAZILIAN ARCHITECTURE.
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Some people live to work while others work to live, and based on this charmingly relaxed and meandering memoir, it would seem that Oscar Niemeyer definitely falls in the latter category. Not to say that he doesn't spend considerable time here musing on his crowning achievement, Brasilia. It's just that he does so the same way that he recounts everything else here, dispensing with details and strict linearity (much like in his built work), shifting casually between different points in time (including the very days he is working on what became this book), and focusing on the human relationships and friendships behind a project (such as with Lucia Costa, his mentor and the so-called "father of Brazilian modernism," as well as Le Corbusier) than their technical, administrative, and budgetary minutiae.
Niemeyer designed the vast majority of the municipal buildings for Brasilia, the city built "overnight" in the 1960s out of the desolate interior of his native Brazil to serve as the country's new capital, and the sensuously curvy modernism of its skyline has effectively become his stylistic signature, even if he didn't anticipate the vast and ugly exurban sprawl that has since come to ring the city's dazzling axial core.
So much more than a professional memoir, this is really the unhurried, and endearingly nostalgic, reminiscences of a passionate man motivated not so much by professional or financial gain (in fact, he claims, he worked for years on Brasilia at the base rate of an average civil servant) as by a profound, even melancholic, love for his beautiful and troubled country; the ongoing struggle for relief from political and economic oppression around the world; and, above all, a vast web of lifelong friendships. To wit, there are far more photos here of Niemeyer with his Brazilian cronies (many long dead, he laments openly) than there are of his projects (one reason why those not already somewhat familiar with his output may want to start elsewhere), and far more recounted about their prank-filled road trips between Rio and Brasilia than about the work that actually went on there. Those tales, and all of Niemeyer's anecdotes and gentle, quirky musings here, possess a kind of melancholic glow, evocative of samba, wine, and the "uninhibited" women of his homeland.
He reminisces lyrically about Paris, Italy, and Algiers, where he lived and designed projects for much of the period during which Brazil was under a repressive dictatorship. But even amid his delight in world travel, his homesickness is apparent. "I want to watch the stars / I want to feel life / And be back in Brazil / That's where I want to live," goes a characteristically openhearted poem he wrote in those years of near-forced exile. It is the land and the people of his beloved Brazil, much more so than any or all of what he designed there or elsewhere, that make up the soul of this unconventional and thoroughly lovely memoir from one of the 20th century's most talented, and passionate, architects. --Timothy Murphy
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Niemeyer looks back.......2002-09-29
Niemeyer looks back in a non-linear fashion at his life, which spans most of the 20th century. He talks about his friendships with presidents, musicians, radicals, architects and drunkards, stressing the things that made them most human. A good read, not only for architecture fans but for anyone who is interested in Brazil. The translator includes detailed footnotes explaining the names, places and buildings. I found it surprising to find out what a Bohemian Niemeyer is and the delight he has in telling stories of adventures with his pals in Brazilian brothels. He mentions Henry Miller as one of his favorite writers and at times the influence is evident (although Niemeyer is too classy to go into sordid detail). A poignant read by an atheist who knows the end is near and is admitedly afraid of death, who values family and friendship above art.
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Brazilian Conditions: Complex and Simple
Rüdiger Lainer ,
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Wie begegnet man dem Mythos Brasiliens, wie der monumentalen Arbeit Oscar Niemeyers? Im Jahresprogramm des Studio Lainer erfolgte die Annäherung an die Prinzipien der brasilianischen Architektur über assoziative Entwürfe. Dokumentiert werden Recherchen und Studienprojekte, die, integriert in einem selbst erstellten operativen Reisehandbuch, als aktiver Wahrnehmungsfilter für die spätere Architekturexkursion nach Brasilien dienen. Illustriert wird auch, wie die erlebte Aura der Brasilianischen Moderne, wahrgenommen von 40 architektonischen Augen, in nachfolgenden Entwürfen der Studierenden reflektiert wurde.
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Another wonderful book of postcards........2001-10-22
Shock the postman and delight your friends!
This book of postcards has photos from the Frisky Memories book (and film) and we can delight in the sumptuous array of Bel Ami models, great lighting, gorgeous skin and smiles, dazzling smiles and twinkling eyes.
A must.
A wonderful gift to yourself or a friend........2001-10-21
You'll love it. I know you will. I was overjoyed to be sent this as a 'Get Well' gift when I was in hospital, even though I was incapacitated by a broken, pinned shoulder. With the help of a nurse and some BluTack I was able to get a lovely display of cheering photographs around my bedhead.
That's why these books are so useful. You wouldn't want to tear up the full version of Frisky Memeories, but this collection is made for it.
Stunning models, stunning photography, stunning eyes...!
The Best Book yet.......2000-04-13
I loved this book. The pictures were great. If you only had to buy one book buy this one. With the help of Johan Paulick this is the best book ever. The only thing that could ever beat this is the video
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We're All in the Same Boat, Beetle Bailey
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