Lina Bo Bardi

Lina Bo Bardi
Born
Achillina Bo

(1914-12-05)December 5, 1914
Rome, Italy
DiedMarch 20, 1992(1992-03-20) (aged 77)
OccupationArchitect
SpousePietro Maria Bardi
BuildingsSão Paulo Museum of Art
Teatro Oficina
Casa do Benin
Sesc Pompeia
Casa de Vidro

Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992), was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect. A prolific architect and designer, she devoted her working life, most of it spent in Brazil, to promoting the social and cultural potential of architecture and design. While she studied under radical Italian architects, she quickly became intrigued with Brazilian vernacular design and how it could influence a modern Brazilian architecture. During her lifetime it was difficult to be accepted among the local Brazilian architects, because she was both a "foreigner" and a woman.[1]

She is recognizable for the unique style of the many architectural illustrations she created over her lifetime, along with her tendency to leave poignant notes to herself. She is also known for her furniture and jewelry designs.[2] The popularity of her works has increased since 2008, when a 1993 catalog of her works was republished.[1] A number of her product designs are being revived, and exhibitions such as her 1968 exhibition of glass and concrete easels have been recreated.[3]

  1. ^ a b Sustainable Lina : Lina Bo Bardi's adaptive reuse projects. Condello, Annette., Lehmann, Steffen. Switzerland: Springer. 2016. ISBN 9783319329840. OCLC 957700259.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ Charlotte Burns (1 August 2011), Lina Bo Bardi, the artist’s architect The Art Newspaper.
  3. ^ Gibson, Eleanor (29 October 2015). "Lina Bo Bardi's "radical" glass easels revived for exhibition of Brazilian art". Dezeen. Retrieved 20 April 2019.

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