When Brazil Was Modern: A Guide to Architecture 1928-1960

by Lauro Cavalcanti

This comprehensive guide to modern Brazilian architecture takes us on a fascinating tour of over 125 buildings and projects designed between 1928, the year of Gregori Warchavchik's historic Paulista House, and 1960, the year the capital of Brasilia was inaugurated. Works by thirty-three architects, including renowned figures such as Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Rocha and lesser-known, but equally exciting, architects like Flavio de Carvalho...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1568983417
• ISBN13: 9781568983417
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 1.0" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary