Synopses & Reviews
A rediscovery of one of the most powerful schools of Modernism. On the one hand sensual and warm, on the other rational yet rhythmic, Brazilian Modernism is the soulful alternative to its European parent, better known for theoretical rigor and cold precision. Using the modern materials of concrete and reinforced glass, as well as wood and steel, Brazilians brought to Modernism an unspoken philosophy that allowed for the free flow of nature and built forms, so that the one was not dominated by the other but rather embraced by it. The undulating and amorphous buildings of Oscar Niemeyer are perhaps the best known expressions of this philosophy, in which the typical straight line of Europe’s Modern home becomes a graceful arabesque. The story of the Brazil Modern house is a tradition, a great flowering of talents and vision and a revealing new experience of Modernism, that until now has not been properly documented. Casa Modernista is the first volume to comprehensively cover this extraordinary architecture. Within its pages is featured not only the work of Niemeyer, but also that of all the most important modern architects of this extremely rich, multifaceted nation, including Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Jorge Machado Moreira, Carlos Leao, Alvaro Vital Brazil, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Joao Walter Toscano, and Abrahao Sanovicz.
About the Author
Alan Weintraub is a widely published architectural photographer whose recent books include
Oscar Niemeyer Buildings.
Alan Hess, an architect and architecture critic of the San Jose Mercury News, is co-author of Julius Shulman: Palm Springs and author of Oscar Niemeyer Buildings.
José Eduardo de Assis Lefèvre is a professor of architecture and urbanism at the University of São Paulo.
Table of Contents
1920Gregori Warchavchik
House at Rua Santa Cruz 1927
Francisco de Paula Ramos de Azevedo
Houses at Rua Piauí 1927
Frederico Kirchgässner
Frederico Kirchgässner House 1929
1930
Gregori Warchavchik
Casa Modernista
House at Rua Itápolis 1930
Jayme Fonseca Rodrigues
Jayme Fonseca Rodrigues House 1937
1940
Plínio Croce
House for João Alberto Bressan 1945
João Batista Vilanova Artigas
João Batista Vilanova Artigas House 1949
Rino Levi
House for Olivo Gomes 1949
1950
Lina Bo Bardi
Casa de Vidro 1951
Olavo Redig de Campos
House for Ambassador Walther Moreira Salles 1951
Sérgio Bernardes
House for Lota de Macedo Soares 1953
Oscar Niemeyer
Casa das Canoas 1953
Olavo Redig de Campos
House for Geraldo Baptista 1954
Henrique Ephim Mindlin
House for Lauro de Souza Carvalho 1955
Paulo Antunes Ribeiro
House for Ernesto Waller 1955
Affonso Eduardo Reidy
House in Vale do Cuiabá 1959
1960
MMM Roberto
House for Paulo Werneck 1960
Carlos Barjas Millan
House for Roberto Millan 1960
Sérgio Ferro Pereira
House for Boris Fausto 1961
Carlos Alberto Cerqueira Lemos and Eduardo Corona
House for Luiz Eduardo Magalhães Gouvêa 1961
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha House 1964
1960
Rodrigo Brotero Lefèvre
House for Cleomenes Dias Batista 1964
Luiz Forte Netto, José Maria Gandolfi, and Roberto Luiz Gandolfi
House for Eloína Elza Prolik 1966
Paulo Sérgio Souza e Silva
Paulo Sérgio Souza e Silva House 1967
Fávio Império with Rodrigo Brotero Lefèvre
House for Prof. Juarez Rubens Brandão Lopes 1968
Hans Broos
Hans Broos House and Studio 1968
Abrahão Sanovicz
House for Zélia Deri Twiaschor 1968
João Walter Toscano
João Walter Toscano House 1968
Ruy Ohtake
House for Tomie Ohtake 1968
Dácio Ottoni
House for Sérgio Farrage 1968
Edmilson Tinoco and Sylvio de Barros Sawaya
House for João Marino 1969
Israel Sancovski and Jerônimo Bonilha Esteves
House for Nilton Schor 1969
Eduardo Longo
House for Frank T. Dawe 1969
1970
Décio Tozzi
Fazenda Veneza 1970
Jon Maitrejean
Jon Maitrejean House 1971
Júlio Roberto Katinsky
Júlio Roberto Katinsky House 1972
Paulo de Mello Bastos
Paulo de Mello Bastos House 1972
José Eduardo de Assis Lefèvre
House for Durval Rosa Borges 1972
Joaquim Guedes
House for Beatriz Kerti 1973
Marcelo Accioly Fragelli
House for José Gregori 1974
Dilva Slomp and Orlando Busarello
Slomp Busarello House 1974
Marcos de Azevedo Acayaba
House for Marlene Acayaba 1975
Maria Nadir Miranda de Carvalho
Rogério and Maria Nadir House 1976
Eduardo de Almeida
House for Max Define 1978
Siegbert Zanettini
House for Rodolfo Galvani 1979