Tag: Brazil

  • How Vincent Fournier captured Oscar Niemeyer’s Modernist masterpiece, Brasília

    French visual artist and photographer Vincent Fournier speaks to Cultural Union about Brasília – his extraordinary body of work chronicling Oscar Niemeyer’s mid-century Brazilian capital city The beautiful, compelling and unnerving images of Vincent Fourier have been surfacing with an increasing tempo across the globe, and it’s surely because they speak so eloquently to our need to…

  • 5 Modernist icons with stunning architecture and interiors

    Mid-century Modern is the 20th century’s most enduring and engaging design legacy. With seminal projects from John Lautner, Eero Saarinen and Paulo Mendes Da Rocha, we round up 5 extraordinary examples of Modernist architecture and interiors, curated from Modernist Icons by gestalten It’s now more than 70 years since the term Mid-Century Modern first appeared…

  • 6 Modernist glass houses with incredible design and architecture

    From South America to Northern Europe, here are six extraordinary residences with pioneering use of glass by Modernist architects such as John Lautner and Philip Johnson and their contemporary successors, curated from Glass Houses by Phaidon One of the most dazzling aspects of Modernist architecture is its extensive use of glass – an innovation unlocked by…

  • Concrete Jungle: 6 must-see architectural jewels of Tropical Modernism

    From Bali to Brazil, Tropical Modernism and its pioneers such as Paulo Mendes da Rocha have led to an evolving tradition of tropical architecture. A new book by gestalten, Concrete Jungle, explores its enduring appeal. “The tropics have never been one place. Tropical Modernism has never been one thing,” says architect Michael Snyder in a…