Book, Brazil: architectures after 1950[LS]

Brazil: Architectures after 1950 is a work with a vocation to become a reference in the study and teaching of architecture in Brazil. According to the Catalan critic and historian Josep Maria Montaner, who prefaces it, it is 'an important fact because, due to its quality, it will be placed in the tradition of critical interpretations of contemporary Brazilian architecture, and a necessary text because it brings a new vision that was vital to refocus on the contemporary history of Brazilian architecture, imprisoned by prejudices, topics and schemes, generally emphasizing a supposed and insurmountable golden age'. Carefully constructed by Maria Alice Junqueira Bastos and Ruth Verde Zein, the book, an initiative by publisher Perspectiva, helps fill many gaps in Brazilian historiography on the subject, whether through the breadth of research, which analyzes works and projects from all types, through verticality, by thoroughly describing relevant works and experiences, with sensitivity and technical precision, or by critically situating the project as an event technically and culturally engaged in the political process of building a Brazilian identity, but not just any identity, but one that is also imposes himself as the protagonist of an international production. § With a vast repertoire of works and subjects, moving through apartment corridors and exclusive bus routes, analyzing the technical and plastic properties of the building, as well as its territorial relevance and its relevance as a language, Bastos and Zein were not intimidated by the size of the undertaking and the responsibility of showing the virtues and defects of the various Brazilian architectures of the last six decades. A great opportunity for anyone who wants to know how to see architecture.