Explore Oscar Niemeyer's Unbuilt House in Israel with This 3D Model
The name Niemeyer stands for one thing above all: curves. Whether undulating lines, soaring domes, or swooping pillars that repeat in perfect rhythm, his designs reject ?the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man? in favor of ?the curved Universe of Einstein,? as he wrote in his 2000 memoir The Curves of Time. Indeed, a late interview with him was headlined ?the architect who eradicated the straight line.?
The name Niemeyer stands for one thing above all: curves. Whether undulating lines, soaring domes, or swooping pillars that repeat in perfect rhythm, his designs reject ?the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man? in favor of ?the curved Universe of Einstein,? as he wrote in his 2000 memoir The Curves of Time. Indeed, a late interview with him was headlined ?the architect who eradicated the straight line.?But what happens to an artist who becomes wedded to a certain philosophy of form and pursues it exclusively for decades; does it become restrictive" I wonder whether Niemeyer ever questioned his monogamous dedication to the curve. Perhaps a certain restlessness drove the uncharacteristically sharp-edged plan of the Tel Aviv house he designed for hotel magnate Yekutiel Federmann?or perhaps it reflects the political and personal upheaval of the moment.During the 1964 coup in Brazil, when Niemeyer?s left-wing political affiliations made him a target, he spent six months in Israel and produced a raft of designs, though only one was ever built?and ...
The name Niemeyer stands for one thing above all: curves. Whether undulating lines, soaring domes, or swooping pillars that repeat in perfect rhythm, his designs reject ?the straight line, hard and inflexible, created by man? in favor of ?the curved Universe of Einstein,? as he wrote in his 2000 memoir The Curves of Time. Indeed, a late interview with him was headlined ?the architect who eradicated the straight line.?But what happens to an artist who becomes wedded to a certain philosophy of form and pursues it exclusively for decades; does it become restrictive" I wonder whether Niemeyer ever questioned his monogamous dedication to the curve. Perhaps a certain restlessness drove the uncharacteristically sharp-edged plan of the Tel Aviv house he designed for hotel magnate Yekutiel Federmann?or perhaps it reflects the political and personal upheaval of the moment.During the 1964 coup in Brazil, when Niemeyer?s left-wing political affiliations made him a target, he spent six months in Israel and produced a raft of designs, though only one was ever built?and ...
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