Lina Bo Bardi

by Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida Lima ; foreword Barry Bergdoll

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Author(s)

Zeuler Rocha Mello de Almeida Lima, Barry Bergdoll

Publication, year

New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2013

Scope

240 Pages, illustrated, 26 cm.

ISBN

9780300154269

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The book Lina Bo Bardi is the first comprehensive study of Bo Bardi’s career and showcases author Zeuler Lima’s extensive archival work in Italy and Brazil. Lima frames the architect’s activities on two continents and in five cities. The book examines her practice evolving within the social and cultural realities of her adopted country, Brazil. 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.how considerations of ethics, politics, and social inclusiveness

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Person as subject

Lina Bo Bardi

Location

Cabinet 16 - 1: Architecten

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.