For anyone traveling to Rio de Janeiro next summer, or for those who want to know more about Brazil, Rio de Janeiro and Brazilian architecture; The following books are worth reading.
Brazil’s Modern Architecture
Pedro Fiori Arantes, Roberto Conduru, Elisabetta Andreoli
2007
Phaidon Press
Brazil Built: The Architecture of the Modern Movement in Brazil
Marcel Gautherot
2010
Thames & Hudson
Brazil
Carolina Chagas
2014
Phaidon Press
Wallpaper* City Guide Rio de Janeiro 2014
2014
Phaidon Press
Brazil
Michael Palin
2013
W&N
The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia: Architecture, Politics and Society in Brasilia
James Holston
1989
University Of Chicago Press
Inside the Favelas: Rio De Janeiro
Douglas Mayhew
2012
Glitterati Inc
3+1 Stadia for Brazil: Brasilia Manaus Belo Horizonte Rio De Janeiro
Falk Jaeger
2014
JOVIS Verlag; Bilingual edition
Building Brasilia
Marcel Gautherot
2010
Thames & Hudson
Oscar Niemeyer Buildings
Alan Weintraub
2009
Rizzoli International Publications
Lina Bo Bardi
Zeuler Rm De A. Lima, Barry Bergdoll
2013
Yale University Press
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