Brazilian Architecture in the 20th Century: An evening organised by the Twentieth Century Society and hosted by the Embassy of Brazil

Wednesday 16th July, 6:30pm

Image: Roof garden of the Palácio Gustavo Capanema, Rio. Lucio Costa, Carlos Leão, Oscar Niemeyer, Affonso Eduardo Reidy, Ernani Vasconcellos and Jorge Machado Moreira, with Le Corbusier as consultant. Roof garden by Roberto Bule-Marx. 1936-45.

Image: Cathedral of Brasília (Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida). Oscar Niemeyer. 1958; dedicated in 1970.

Brazil offers some of the world’s most influential and diverse 20th century architecture, from the formal freedom of Oscar Niemeyer to the brutalism of the escola Paulista (São Paulo school), and from the hybrid mannerism of the eclectic period to the Art Deco of Copacabana. This event will explore some of the highlights, through an accessible, illustrated talk by Geraint Franklin of English Heritage, and a showing of a subtitled documentary on Brazilian architecture (TBC). 

This event is in support of the Society’s visit to Brazil in October 2009, and there will be an opportunity to meet the tour leader Geraint Franklin and find out more.

The event is part of the London Festival of Architecture. It is one of a number of events hosted by the Embassy of Brazil in London, including the Brazilian architecture exhibition ‘RAW’ curated by the architect Ricardo de Ostos, and follows on from the Brazilian Architecture Weekend (21-22 June)

http://www.lfa2008.org/event.php?id=224&name=Brazil+Embassy+Project

Admission is ticket-based and free, and booking is essential; tickets allocated on a first come, first served basis. For more information and bookings, please email administrator@c20society.org.uk

Venue: Embassy of Brazil, 32 Green Street, London W1K 7AT (near Marble Arch underground station)

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