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BOOK DEZOITO GRAUS
€12.00
R$60.00
R$60.00
In Dezoito graus (Eighteen Degrees), Lauro Cavalcanti mixes fiction and reality to tell the story of the mythical Capanema Palace, the headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Health, built under Getúlio Vargas in the 1930s. Led by real characters such as Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Le Corbusier and Getúlio himself, the book goes over the mishaps of this founding project of modern Brazilian architecture and the complex political panorama of the time.
The book offers a complete panorama of history and at the same time takes the reader into a plot where well-known personalities interact in scenarios that are present in our memories.
Pages: 298
Cover: Paperback
Dimensions: L15cm x H 21cm x W1cm
Weight: 350g
About the author
Lauro Cavalcanti was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1954. He is an architect, anthropologist and writer. He has written several books about architecture, aesthetics and society, and organized several collections on the subject. He is an advisor to Casa Lucio Costa and the Oscar Niemeyer Foundation. A member of IPHAN's editorial board, he is also the director of Paço Imperial and a professor at the School of Industrial Design (Esdi/Uerj). He has a degree in Architecture from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1979), a master's degree in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1987) and a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1993). He is currently a cultural preservation technician at the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute and an adjunct professor at the State University of Rio de Janeiro.