Lina Bo Bardi
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Description
Lina Bo Bardi, born Achillina Bo (December 5, 1914 – March 20, 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. 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. The popularity of her works has increased since 2008, when a 1993 catalog of her works was republished. A number of her product designs are being revived, and exhibitions such as her 1968 exhibition of glass and concrete easels have been recreated. Source: [Lina Bo Bardi]( on Wikipedia.
Books
Tempos de grossura
"The basic principle behind this anthology by prominent Brazilian artists, scholars, and intellectuals, is that a deeper understanding of the lower strata of a society will lead to a better understanding of the country as a whole. In this case, the area under study is the northeast of Brazil. Studies a large variety of artifacts in all possible media. Many color and b/w reproductions"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Stones against diamonds
Lina Bo Bardi (1914 - 1992) was a prolific architect, designer and thinker, whose work spans across architecture, furniture, stage and costume design, urban planning, teaching and writing. This collection of essays is the first-ever English anthology of her writings. It includes texts written when she was still living in Italy a well as later contributions to a number of Brazilian newspapers, journals and magazines. An acute critic and a creative thinker, Bo Bardi proposes a series of new parameters for design thinking and practice, such as the notions of 'historical present', 'roughness' and 'tolerance to imperfection'. Presented collectively, her texts present a wealth of inspirational thoughts articulated in a refreshingly simple, straightforward fashion.
Casas de vidro
The book is a comparative study between Lina Bo Bardi's "Casa de Vidrio (Glass House) in Morumbi, São Paulo and 3 other modernist examples of glass and steel residential projects: the Eames House (also known as Case Study House No. 8) in Southern California, the Glass House, or Johnson House (designed by Philip C. Johnson), in New Canaan, Connecticut, and the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois, designed by Mies van der Rohe, as a tool for understanding Bardi's own story and the future of the Glass House. It also brings unpublished photos and drawings of the four projects.
Lina Bo Bardi por escrito
Este livro revela a capacidade que a arquiteta ítalo-brasileira tinha de transformar seu universo criativo em palavras. Os 33 artigos aqui reunidos repassam e propõem conceitos para temas como habitação, mobiliário, arte popular, museologia, restauro, educação e políticas culturais. Os textos são ilustrados por desenhos originais, fotografias e obras gráficas da própria arquiteta.
Lina Bo Bardi
"A chronological catalog of the work of architect Lina Bo Bardi. The text, written by Bo Bardi in her unique style, describes her projects and reveals her personal philosophy and thoughts on various subjects including Brazil. Born and raised in Italy, she adopted Brazil as her home, restoring many buildings of historical interest and influencing a generation of architects, playwrights, moviemakers, and designers. Her life, projects, watercolors, photographs, and designs are richly documented here. Most of the catalog's illustrations were drawn from her archives"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.