Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Paulo Mendes da Rocha , born in 1928, is an architect Brésil IEN. He works especially in Brazil.

Biography

He was born the October 25th 1928 with Vitoria in the State d' Espirito Santo.

Its work

He belongs to the group of modernistic Brazilian which created a style particular, at the same time international but anchored in the Brazilian spirit. Its purified lines reflect the spirit of Sao Paulo, the economic capital of the country, and its style is compared to “architecture brutalist paulist”, a movement of creators attached to the forms and simple materials and a certain ethics.

Works

Gymnasium of Paulista Athletic Club.
Brazilian Museum of the sculpture in Sao Paulo.
Pinacoteca C Estado, transformation of the oldest museum of the Art schools of Sao Paulo.
House of Brazil for the World Fair of Osaka (1970).

Honors

He is member elect, in 2006, of the prestigious Prix Pritzker in Architecture. He is the second Brazilian one after Oscar Niemeyer to receive this supreme reward in Architecture, often called the “Nobel of architecture”.

Sources

Architecture - Paulo Mendes da Rocha receives the “Nobel of architecture”

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