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New MASP: a courageous project, it finds its way on a tightrope between...

By Pedro Mendes da Rocha Thinking about the MASP Annex I heard some criticisms of the project and I want to say that I really liked it. First of all, because it assumes its supporting role to the building...
Designer and architect Jorge Zalszupin, whose birth centenary is celebrated this year

Exhibitions celebrate the centenary of Jorge Zalszupin

Events in honor of the Polish designer and architect, naturalized Brazilian, take place in São Paulo at Casa Zalszupin, at the Museu da Casa Brasileira and at the recently opened Galeria do Teo; exhibitions range from original furniture to residential projects and personal items

Yona Friedman and the Right to Understand

On display at the São Paulo Resistance Memorial, the exhibition "Democracy" presents the work of the Franco-Hungarian architect, artist and sociologist, who died in 2020, with a special focus on his defense of human rights and a language accessible to all

Paulo Mendes da Rocha: Brazil's last great modern architect

After his death, the arte!brasileiros recalls an interview given by Paulo Mendes da Rocha in 2016, in which the architect made it clear that, more than a specialist, the architect must be a thinker of the world, attentive to human needs and desires 

“Infinito Vai: 90 Years of Brazilian Architecture” at Sesc 24 de Maio; watch the...

A arte!brasileiros visited the exhibition and interviewed the curators Guilherme Wisnik and Fernando Serapião; Visitation can be done with prior appointment and following all security protocols due to the pandemic

Infinito Vai: a unique approach to the history of Brazilian architecture

Infinito Vai: 90 years of Brazilian Architecture, at Sesc 24 de Maio, subverts any concept of exhibition of the genre. Scenic, without being theatrical, it has a narrative centered on the hybridization of various poetics, such as music, arts...
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MASP Escola launches new courses for the month of June

In a virtual environment, the museum proposes debates on women in art, racism, architecture and Brazilian art; MASP's educational project aims to continue to disseminate the institution's collection even in isolation

Kamayurá Architecture Manual rescues ancient wisdom

The idea of ​​documenting the techniques for building the hollows came from the Xingu indigenous people themselves.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha at his office window in downtown São Paulo. Photo: Luiza Sigulem

Paulo Mendes da Rocha and the broad sense of architecture

In the context of his death, we recall an interview given by the architect to arte!brasileiros in 2016. In it, the architect criticizes the construction of Brasília, the discourse of “green architecture”, the idea of ​​popular housing and the educational system; talks about nature, art and urbanism and shows that an architect must be, more than a specialist, a thinker of the world