Main entry:

Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021, artist.

Title & Author:

Constructed geographies : Paulo Mendes da Rocha / Jean-Louis Cohen, Vanessa Grossman.

Publication:

Matosinhos : Casa da Arquitectura, [2024].
New Haven ; London : Distributed by Yale University Press.
©2024

Description:

431 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Constructed Geographies: Paulo Mendes da Rocha, organised by Casa da Arquitectura - Portuguese Center for Architecture. 26 May 2023 to 8 September 2024, Casa da Arquitectura, Matosinhos, Portugal"--page 430.
Includes bibliographical references.
Prologues -- Beyond Frontiers -- The Building of an Oeuvre --Twelve Projects -- Materials -- Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1967) / Flávio Motta -- Biographical Milestones -- Main Projects and Built Works
Translated from the Portuguese.

Summary:

"This volume provides a new perspective on the work of Paulo Mendes da Rocha (1928-2021), one of the most acclaimed architects working since the mid-twentieth century. Widely recognised as having transformed the urban context of São Paulo, he became the second Brazilian to win the Pritzker Prize, after Oscar Niemeyer. In this volume, a team of international scholars provides a comprehensive overview of the architect's trajectory and the collective dimension of his work, along with thematic essays. Of crucial importance is Paolo Mendes da Rocha's identity as a South American architect and his view of geography in relation to nature and culture. The essays explore Mendes da Rocha's concern with the anthropogenic effects of the continent's development as well as its colonial and postcolonial past, focusing on twelve of the architect's key buildings. This essential book based on the archive held by the Casa da Arquitectura points the way forward for future scholarship on Paulo Mendes da Rocha and the architecture of contemporary Brazil"--From page [4] of cover.

ISBN:

9789893509210
9893509211
9780300275452
0300275455

Subject:

Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021 Exhibitions.
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021
Architecture Brazil Exhibitions.
Architecture Brésil Expositions.
Architecture
Brazil

Form/genre:

exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Cohen, Jean-Louis, editor.
Grossman, Vanessa, 1981- editor.
Rocha, Paulo Mendes da, 1928-2021. Works. Selections.
Casa da Arquitectura (Matosinhos, Portugal), host institution.
Yale University Press, distributor.
Kennistranslations (Firm), translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 319458
Call No.: 319458
Copy: 1
Status: Available