Niemeyer

by Philip Jodidio

Book Overview

Until his death at age 104, Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) was something of an unstoppable architectural force. Over seven decades of work, he designed approximately 600 buildings, transforming skylines from Bab-Ezzouar, Algeria, to his homeland masterpiece Bras lia. Niemeyer's work took the reduced forms of modernism and infused them with free-flowing grace. In place of pared-down starkness, his structures rippled with sinuous and seductive lines...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836536226
• ISBN13: 9783836536226
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.3" x 10.3"