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Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil

AvFernando Luiz Lara

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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An investigation of the widespread popularity of modernist architecture in midcentury BrazilDuring the mid-twentieth century, Brazil as a country seemed to be fascinated with modernism. Middle-class people would read about it in popular newspapers and journals, then go about designing their own homes in the modernist style, using distinctive layouts and façades. In other words, modernist architecture was the popular architecture of Brazil.Fernando Luiz Lara investigates how and why modern architecture became so popular in his native country, tracking the path of the dissemination as well as the economic, cultural, and political conditions that made it possible. He views it as a direct extension of the optimism and relative stability that spread throughout the country beginning in the 1950s.This original and significant contribution to the field counters the traditional historiography of modernist architecture, and has broad applicability in examining the importance of the style throughout Latin America.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-06-12
Mått:152 x 229 x 10 mm
Vikt:254 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:166
Förlag:University Press of Florida
ISBN:9780813081687

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Fernando Luiz Lara is professor of architecture at the Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania.

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“Makes a contribution to the field. It will surely have an impact on architectural studies in Brazil, as well as on the way in which Brazilian modernism is viewed worldwide. It continues important debates about architectural identity and expands debate about tradition, self-construction and the popularization of modern architecture.”—The Americas“Throw[s] light on the exceptional status of architectural modernism in Brazil.”—Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians“Fills an important gap in our understanding of the production of architecture by the population at large and, in this case, of the specific history of that production in Brazil. . . . Details the role of modern and paradigmatic architecture in that popular production; showing how architecture is seen, understood, and reproduced by the population at large.”—H-Net

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List of IllustrationsForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Time and Place of Architecture’s Popular Modernism2. Documenting Popular Modernism3. Reasons for Popular Modernism in Brazil4. Problematizing Popular Modernism5. Lessons from Popular ModernismNotesBibliographyIndex