Paulo Mendes da Rocha
_ Prägnante Einführung in Denken und Architektur des brasilianischen Modernisten
_Analysen zentraler Projekte, die seine radikale konstruktive Haltung sichtbar machen
_Kontextualisierung seines Werks innerhalb der internationalen Architekturgeschichte
_Inspirierender Blick auf eine Praxis, die sozialen Raum und klare Formensprache verbindet
In 2006, the Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, one of the most important architects of the present, won the Pritzker Prize for architecture. In 1957, against the background of Brazilian modernism, begins the story of Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s rise to recognition with his sensational debut project “Clube Atletico Paulistano”.
In addition to a complete list of his works, it presents the most important buildings and projects by Paulo Mendes da Rocha in detail with plans, sketches, and photos, and the author, herself an architect in Zurich, examines individual aspects of his work in greater depth. The comprehensive presentation of his work makes this book an outstanding tribute to one of the masters of Brazilian modernism.
