OSCAR NIEMEYER

摘要

In architecture once said, "the most important thing is astonishment." That would be the word for Brasilia. The spanking-new Brazilian capital, its landmarks all designed by Niemeyer, landed in 1960 like a meteor in the nation's vast interior. Niemeyer was an unorthodox Modernist with lyrical instincts, one who liked to massage the square shoulders of the Miesian box with teasing curves. 140-