Articles tagged with: Architecture
Belo Horizonte in old postcards
Unlike most state capitals, Belo Horizonte was planned and built practically from scratch in the late 19th century, in the …
Warchavchik, the forgotten pioneer of Modern Architecture
In 1927, almost ten years before the recently deceased Oscar Niemeyer, Gregori Warchavchik was promoting a revolution in Brazilian architecture, …
Drama: artist found murdered at famous tiled staircase he created in Rio
A murder with heavy Greek tragedy elements shocked Rio today. The 65 year-old Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón, that created one …
Oscar Niemeyer, furniture designer
by Cláudia Bergamasco*
Oscar Niemeyer was already considered one of the most important names in Brazilian modern architecture when he decided …
Brazil represented by unexpectedly erotic video at Venice Architecture Biennale
The 13th International Architecture Exhibition, that opened yesterday in Venice, Italy, offers an unexpectedly edgy, almost explicit Brazilian contribution: a …
Curitiba in old postcards
This is the eighth post in a series of old postacards of Brazilian cities that will please the nostalgic and …
