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Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992), was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect. A prolific architect and designer, she devoted her working life, most of it spent in Brazil, to promoting the social and cultural potential of architecture and design.
Dec 4, 2019 · Lina Bo Bardi (December 4, 1914 – March 20, 1992) was one of the most important and expressive architects of 20th century Brazilian architecture. Born in Italy as Lina Achillina Bo,...
Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992), was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect. A prolific architect and designer, she devoted her working life, most of it spent in Brazil, to promoting the social and cultural potential of architecture and design.
Lina Bo Bardi (born December 5, 1914, Rome, Italy—died March 29, 1992, São Paulo, Brazil) was an Italian-born Brazilian Modernist architect, industrial designer, historic preservationist, journalist, and activist whose work defied conventional categorization.
Lina Bo Bardi studied architecture in Rome and moved to Brazil in 1946, where she worked as an architect, magazine editor, graphic designer, furniture designer, set designer, curator, and writer in São Paulo. The city is home to two of her most iconic buildings: the Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP) and the SESC Pompéia.
May 2, 2023 · A community-oriented architect, Lina Bo Bardi embraced the principles of modernism to design public buildings that remained connected to Brazil’s past.
May 20, 2021 · ROME — To Hashim Sarkis, the choice of Lina Bo Bardi to posthumously receive the Special Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at this year’s Venice Architectural Biennale could not be more timely.
Jan 13, 2020 · An Italian who lived through the war, Lina Bo Bardi had an understanding of heritage and reconstruction that permeated her work throughout her life. Decades before the Venice Charter was drafted in 1964, she studied rehabilitation and conservation under Gustavo Giovannoni in her first year at university – a subject she later pursued, seeing ...
May 4, 2015 · Lina Bo Bardi: Together is not, and does not attempt to be, the definitive collection of Lina Bo Bardi’s work, but rather an examination of her life, influences, and motivations for producing her timeless architecture and enduring contributions to Brazilian, particularly Bahian, culture.
Jun 11, 2014 · Lina Bo Bardi’s radical approach to the design of people-friendly buildings in Brazil is a major contribution to modern architecture, Jason Farago argues.
