Synopses & Reviews
Lina Bo Bardi (1914and#150;1992), one of the most important architects working in Latin America in the 20th century, was remarkably prolific and intriguingly idiosyncratic. A participant in the efforts to reshape Italian culture in her youth, Bo Bardi immigrated to Brazil with her husband in 1946. In Brazil, her practice evolved within the social and cultural realities of her adopted country. While she continued to work with industrial materials like concrete and glass, she added popular building materials and naturalistic forms to her design palette, striving to create large, multiuse spaces that welcomed public life.
Lina Bo Bardiand#160;is the first comprehensive study of Bo Bardiand#8217;s career and showcases author Zeuler Limaand#8217;s extensive archival work in Italy and Brazil. The leading authority on Bo Bardi, Lima frames the architectand#8217;s activities on two continents and in five cities.and#160;The book examines how considerations of ethics, politics, and social inclusiveness influenced Bo Bardiand#8217;s intellectual engagement with modern architecture and provides an authoritative guide to her experimental, ephemeral, and iconic works of design.
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and#8220;Zeuler R.M. de A. Lima has astutely navigated the complexity of Bo Bardiand#8217;s life and crafted a deeply researched yet highly pleasurable book.and#8221;and#8212; John Hill, Designers and Books
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and#8220;Niemeyer aside, Latin American architecture has received far too little attention in the US, so this scholarly monograph on Lina Bo Bardi (1914-92) is especially welcome.and#8221;and#8212;Michael Webb, Form
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and#8220;Zeuler Limarand#8217;s book on Lina Bo Bardi, the once overlooked genius of mid-20th-century Brazil, is exceptionally fine.and#8221;and#8212;Rowan Moore, The Observer
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and#8220;A major event in this long-overdue recognition [of Bo Bardi] is Lina Bo Bardi, the first full-length life-and-works, by Zeuler R.M. de A. Lima, an architect and professor at Washington University in St. Louis. His detailed but well-paced monograph is a feat of primary-source scholarship and thoughtful analysis. Lima does a masterful job of candidly assessing his brilliant, somewhat erratic, and not always truthful subject. This important contribution to the literature will long remain the essential Bo Bardi publication.and#8221;and#8212;Martin Filler, New York Review of Books
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and#8220;an excellent reference. The culmination of 10 years of research, Lima's readable biography cum monograph skillfully elucidates Bo Bardi's life and career starting with her early years in Rome.and#8221;and#8212;Architectural Record
Synopsis
The first major retrospective of the Brazilian modernist architect's life and work
Synopsis
One of the most important architects of the twentieth century, Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was remarkably prolific and intriguingly idiosyncratic. A participant in the efforts to reshape Italian culture in her youth, Bo Bardi immigrated to Brazil in 1946, where her practice evolved within the social and cultural realities of her adopted country. While she continued to work with industrial materials, she added simple building techniques and naturalistic forms to her designs, striving to create large, multiuse spaces that promoted public life.
Lina Bo Bardi is the first comprehensive study of the architect's life and work. Author Zeuler Lima, the leading authority on Bo Bardi, presents her activities on two continents, examining how ethical and social considerations influenced her intellectual engagement with modern architecture and providing an indispensable guide to her writings and her experimental, iconic designs.
About the Author
Zeuler R. M. de A. Lima is an architect and associate professor of history, theory, and design at the School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Barry Bergdolland#160;is professor of architectural history in the department of art history and archaeology at Columbia University and the Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.