Brazil Builds. Architecture New and Old. 1652-1942.
£145.00
GOODWIN, Philip L.
Brazil Builds. Architecture New and Old. 1652-1942.
Second edition. 4to. Black boards with coloured titles. B&w plates throughout. English and Portuguese texts. New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1943.
An iconic catalogue of Brazilian architecture published on the occasion of a pioneering exhibition at MoMA in 1943. The book examines the emergence of Brazilian modernism with focus on historical contexts and covering domestic, public and industrial architectures. With beautiful photography by G.E. Kidder Smith, who was particularly interested in studying Brazilian solutions for controlling heat and light on large glass exteriors.
