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Building Brasilia :Modern architecture and national identity in Brazil.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Building Brasilia :
Reminder of title:	Modern architecture and national identity in Brazil.
Author:	Fernandes, Ines Palma.
Description:	558 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Alan Colquhoun.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-08, Section: A, page: 2676.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-08A.
Subject:	Architecture.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3101041
ISBN:	0496486292

Building Brasilia :Modern architecture and national identity in Brazil.
Fernandes, Ines Palma.

Building Brasilia :Modern architecture and national identity in Brazil. [electronic resource] - 558 p.

Adviser: Alan Colquhoun.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2003.

The building of Brasilia in the 1950's was both a confirmation of the country's wide acceptance of International Modernism and a demonstration of a very particular development of Modernism---one that assimilated cultural characteristics and regional requirements. The first part of the dissertation, "Modern Architecture in Brazil," analyzes how this quality of being modern and truly Brazilian remains at the heart of Brasilia's symbolism and of the Brazilian Modern Movement in general. It also examines the particular contributions of Brasilia's architects, Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, in the formulation of a "national style". The second part, "Building a New Brazil" looks into the political and socio-economic expectations permeating the creation of the new Brazilian capital from the 18th to the 20th century. The third part, "Brasilia 1960: The City Miracle and Capital of the Future" focuses on the conception, construction and inauguration of the capital city between 1957 and 1960 and provides a panorama of the city's social history until the end of the democratic regime in 1964. The fourth part, "Brasilia Today: The City Monument," traces the development of Brasilia from 1964 until today and presents the most recent renovation and expansion projects presumably to be built in the city within the next few years. The fifth and final part of the dissertation, "The Critical Discourse" traces the critical and contradictory reception of Brasilia in the national and international professional circles. The concluding remarks discuss the various perspectives that have mediated the discourse on Brasilia throughout, and provide an updated criticism of the Brazilian enterprise.

ISBN: 0496486292Subjects--Topical Terms:

208437
Architecture.

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520 # $a The creation of Brazil's national capital Brasilia is the best-known achievement of Brazilian architecture. Following its inauguration in April 1960 Brasilia became the focus of international debate. Up to the present moment this important chapter of world architecture and criticism has been little more than a footnote in the annals of architectural history. The present dissertation aims to fill this historiographic gap within the domain of architectural history, theory and criticism.
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