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Lina Bo Bardi
Designing São Paulo’s suspended art museum and the SESC Pompéia leisure centre.
Casa de Vidro · São Paulo Museum of Art
- Born
- 5 December 1914
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- 20 March 1992
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Lina Bo Bardi
Lina Bo Bardi was an Italian-born Brazilian architect who connected modern construction with everyday public life.
Early life
Rome training
Graduated in architecture in 1939.
Wartime Milan
Worked in design and publishing; bombing destroyed her studio in 1943.
Career
- 1946
Brazil move
Moved with her husband Pietro Maria Bardi.
- 1951
First building
Completed her own Glass House in São Paulo.
- 1977
Factory conversion
Began the SESC Pompéia project.
Selected work
Casa de Vidro
A glass-walled home raised above its wooded site.
São Paulo Museum of Art
Suspended galleries above an open public space.
SESC Pompéia
Converted a factory into a community leisure complex.
Beyond work
Beyond buildings
Designed furniture, jewellery and theatre settings.
Citizenship
Became a Brazilian citizen in 1951.
Sources & photo credit
Biography and career ↗Further source ↗Identity and date cross-check ↗Photo: Unknown author Unknown author. Public domain · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
