“this rooftop pool is for the people.”
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a Brazilian architect.
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culture · Brazilian architect (1928–2021) · architect · painter · restorer · urban planner · designer · university teacher · also Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Archias Mendes da Rocha, Paolo Mendes da Rocha, Paulo Mendes de Rocha, Rocha
Born 25 October 1928 · Died 23 May 2021 · Q312855
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2026· 3 entries
“Architecture is a human endeavor inspired by the nature all around us,”
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ArchDaily: Paulo Mendes da Rocha is celebrated with two exhibitions at Portugal's Casa da Arquitectura
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2023· 1 entry
ArchDaily: Paulo Mendes da Rocha é celebrado com duas exposições na Casa da Arquitectura de Portugal
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2021· 2 entries
Died 2021-05-23.
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“Para mim, a primeira e primordial arquitetura é a geografia”
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2017· 1 entry
Won Royal Gold Medal (2017).
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2016· 2 entries
Awarded Praemium Imperiale (2016).
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Won Golden Lion (2016).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil) (2013).
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2006· 1 entry
Awarded Pritzker Architecture Prize (2006).
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1969· 1 entry
“The only private space that you can imagine is in the human mind.”
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1957· 1 entry
Many of them built in concrete, a method some call "Brazilian Brutalism", arguably allowing buildings to be constructed cheaply and quickly
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1928· 1 entry
Born 1928-10-25.
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