On the occasion of Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer€s 100th anniversary, the New York Times wrote, "In the 1940s, €50s and €60s he established himself as one of Modernism€s greatest luminaries, infusing stark abstract forms with a beguiling tropical hedonism that reshaped Brazil€s identity in the popular imagination and mesmerized architects around the globe."

Until his death at age 104 in 2012, over seven decades since one of his first projects€"a 1936 collaboration with Lucio Costa and Le Corbusier€"Oscar Niemeyer was still practicing. A technical pioneer and one of the 20th century€s most important architects, Niemeyer has designed close to 700 realized and unrealized buildings and, most notably, was the architect for the principal monuments in Brasilia, his homeland€s futuristic capital city and his undisputed major masterpiece.

 

About the Series:
Each book in TASCHEN€s Basic Architecture Series features:

• an introduction to the life and work of the architect
• the major works in chronological order
• information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions
• a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings
• approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts and plans)