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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
Lina Bo Bardi receives the Golden Lion in Venice
Author of famous projects and owner of a radical thought, the Brazilian architect did not fit into standards and posthumously receives one of the most important awards in world architecture.
Lithuania wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale
Artists Lina Lapelyte, Vaiva Grainyte and Rugile Barzdziukaite turned the country pavilion into an artificial beach in a critique of current forms of leisure
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