When the architect Oscar Niemeyer began his career in the 1930s, his native Brazil was architecturally enthralled with the traditions of classical European architecture. By Justin Quirk, August 6, 2015 Ornate, decorative buildings were seen as the hallmark of good structural design. The style that Niemeyer would come to pioneer and embody blew these traditions away, creating a new visual language for the country that both imagined a technological, avant-garde future, but also reached back into t...
A Retrospective of Oscar Niemeyer: The Man Who Built Brasilia Arrives in Tokyo
The Huffington Post - 11 Aug 2015 22:43
When the architect Oscar Niemeyer began his career in the 1930s, his native Brazil was architecturally enthralled with the traditions of classical European architecture. By Justin Quirk, August 6, 2015 Ornate, decorative buildings were seen as the hallmark of good structural design. The style that Niemeyer would come to pioneer and embody blew these traditions away, creating a new visual language for the country that both imagined a technological, avant-garde future, but also reached back into t...
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