Articles tagged with: São Paulo
The country seen through Parkour
Parkour is an extreme sport, a race that uses the obstacles common in the urban landscape – playground equipment, buildings, walls – in all sorts of manoeuvrings. Now, what does parkour tells us about the …
São Paulo in old postcards
Celebrating the 457th anniversary of my hometown, some images of a not-so-long-ago past.
Vanguard architecture of the 40s-70s
The architecture proposed by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Marcos Acayaba and Ruy Ohtake between the late 40s and the mid-seventies, in all its concrete and geometric glory, is portrayed in the photo book “Residências em …
Listen to 2012 Carnival sambas
Rádio UOL produced a podcast with 27 sambas enredos that will be the soundtrack of next Carnival parades both in São Paulo and Rio. Among them, Beija Flor’s “São Luis – Poema Encantado do Maranhão”, …
Lyric summary of one year in São Paulo
Julian Moura-Busquets, a graduate from Ohio University, just spent one year in São Paulo, working for Banco Santander (by the way, my former employer). He summed up the city in this gorgeous, unconventional video. The …
Bündchen, Wonder Woman and a Masp’s favela: mirages in São Paulo
No exaggeration: São Paulo holds more surprises than Batman’s utility belt. Just spent a few days in town that never rests, camera in hand.
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