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Residential Masterpieces 28: Oscar Niemeyer – Casa das Canoas, Casa Cavanelas

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This edition highlights two houses by Oscar Niemeyer , the Brazilian modernist architect. Known as Casa das Canoas and Casa Cavanelas , both residences are located in Rio de Janeiro and both were built in the early 1950s. Yet, according to the essay by Yoshio Futagawa , the contrast between them is quite intriguing. The former, Niemeyer’s own residence, demonstrates the spatial truth in privacy that the architect explored; the latter startles the viewer with spectacular features orchestrated through Niemeyer’s collaboration with landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx . Futagawa’s exceptional ph

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