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Very happy to be presenting at MIT @mitarchitecture this Thursday with @vgrossman_ on the context of the exhibition “Nature and Construction In America”, which highlights the work of the Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. It is curated by Professor Angelo Bucci, Haiyi Blue Chan, MArch’27, and Sarah Okayli Masaryk, MArch’27.

Unfortunately, due to the blizzard on the northeast coast of the U.S., my flight was cancelled, so I’ll join online and hopefully in person in the upcoming weeks.

More info here: https://architecture.mit.edu/events/paulo-mendes-da-rocha-symposium

Very happy to be presenting at MIT @mitarchitecture this Thursday with @vgrossman_ on the context of the exhibition “Nature and Construction In America”, which highlights the work of the Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha. It is curated by Professor Angelo Bucci, Haiyi Blue Chan, MArch’27, and Sarah Okayli Masaryk, MArch’27.

Unfortunately, due to the blizzard on the northeast coast of the U.S., my flight was cancelled, so I’ll join online and hopefully in person in the upcoming weeks.

More info here: https://architecture.mit.edu/events/paulo-mendes-da-rocha-symposium

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Illustrated pages with a few reproductions and interpretations of Oscar Niemeyer’s column for my article “An Iconic Order.” They were published in ARQ magazine @edicionesarq dedicated to “American Territories.” Great to be in company of colleagues and friends I truly admire.

Thanks a lot artists @talleslopes_ and @osvaldocarvalhoartesvisuais for kindly sharing their work. Thanks to @arqguilhermedealmeida for sending me a photocopy of the Alvorada column drawn by the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. The original one was not found in time by the Brasília Public Archive.

Link in bio for the full article!
This is an extended version of the text written for the book “Cover me Softly,” edited by @chasegalis @oooooana

Finally! After 4 years of researching, writing, editing, collecting, photographing, curating, discussing, laughing, and crying, I defended my PhD thesis at ETH Zurich on March 10. Thanks to the Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture (gta) and everyone who has helped me along the way!

#phdciromiguel

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

The magnificent interiors of the Maksoud Hotel, loosely inspired by John Portman's Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. It was designed by architect Paulo Lucio de Brito, and built in 1979 by an important engineering company called Hidroservice, and for many years it was were celebrities and high-profile visitors stayed in São Paulo. The Hotel stopped working in 2021 and will be renovated soon.

The lobby panels are by artist Maria Bonomi.

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

Brutalismo Reloaded!

Curso livre na Escola da Cidade (link na bio) junto do grande Guillermo Dürig, sócio do escritório suíço Dürig AG, e colega da ETH Zürich como professor de projeto.

O curso reimagina os edifícios brutalistas construídos durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980 na Avenida Paulista, que, desde a sua inauguração em 1891, foi um laboratório da modernidade urbana em São Paulo. Frequentemente ignorados em guias de arquitetura ou vistos como inadequados e dispendiosos, esses projetos são considerados a partir de uma abordagem contemporânea de reuso. Baseados em exemplos recentes da arquitetura suíça e na metodologia dos estúdios da ETH Zurich, os alunos projetarão intervenções mínimas e experimentais, combinando tecnologia e sustentabilidade. O objetivo é ativar o potencial urbano e social desses edifícios sem comprometer as suas qualidades existentes.

Obrigado @crismuniz_ @fernando__viegas e @jubrapelo convite!

@escoladacidade
@guillermo.durig
@durig_ag

The Tetris look of FAU USP’s rough concrete facades, the result from a color and texture mismatch between the original and the recovered parts during a controversial renovation plan.

#vilanovaartigas

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Ruy Ohtake’s house and studio (with 2 additions over the years) for his mother, the artist Tomie Ohtake. Built in 1970 in São Paulo.

@casadatomie
@ruyohtake

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Remnants of Burle Marx’s sidewalk pattern from the demolished Banco Safra (see previous post!). A taste of Rio’s Copacabana in São Paulo.

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Designed by Sidonio Porto in 1982 for Banco Safra, this brutalist jewel on Avenida Paulista, with landscape design by Burle Marx, was demolished in 2016. It was replaced by a generic, all-glass tower. The Burle Marx sidewalks were partially preserved [see next post].

#forgottenarchitecture
#sidonioporto
#robertoburlemarx
#neverdemolish
#bancosafra
@sidonioportoarquitetura

Fotos 1-6: Arquivos Sidonio Porto
Foto 7: Site Série Avenida Paulista

Galerias Centro de São Paulo

Galerias Centro de São Paulo

Galerias Centro de São Paulo

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.

As paredes falam.