Paulo Mendes da Rocha

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Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a renowned Brazilian architect celebrated for his bold modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture, including winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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instanceOf Brazilian architect
architect
human
architecturalStyle brutalist architecture
modernist architecture
awardReceived Ordem do Mérito Cultural
surface form: Companion of the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (Venice Biennale of Architecture)
surface form: Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Architecture Biennale

Mies van der Rohe Award
surface form: Mies van der Rohe Award for Latin American Architecture

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
surface form: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)

Praemium Imperiale for Architecture
Pritzker Architecture Prize
RIBA Gold Medal
surface form: Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal
causeOfDeath lung cancer
countryOfCitizenship Brazil
Portugal
dateOfBirth 1928-10-25
dateOfDeath 2021-05-23
educatedAt Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
employer University of São Paulo
surface form: Universidade de São Paulo
familyName Mendes da Rocha
fieldOfWork architecture
urban design
fullName Paulo Archias Mendes da Rocha
givenName Paulo
influenced contemporary Brazilian architects
influencedBy João Batista Vilanova Artigas
languageOfWorkOrName Portuguese
mannerOfDeath natural causes
memberOf Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil
movement Brazilian brutalism
Modernism
notableWork Brazilian Pavilion at Expo ’70, Osaka
Gerassi House, São Paulo
surface form: Butantã House, São Paulo

Cartier Foundation competition project (Paris, unbuilt)
Forma Furniture Store, São Paulo
Gerassi House, São Paulo
Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (MuBE), São Paulo
Patriarch Plaza and Viaduto do Chá, São Paulo (redevelopment)
Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo renovation
SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo
Serra Dourada Stadium, Goiânia
placeOfBirth Vitória
surface form: Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
placeOfDeath São Paulo
surface form: São Paulo, Brazil
positionHeld professor of architecture at Universidade de São Paulo
PraemiumImperialeYear 2016
PritzkerPrizeYear 2006
RIBARoyalGoldMedalYear 2017
sexOrGender male
workLocation São Paulo
surface form: São Paulo, Brazil

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Escola Nacional de Belas Artes hasNotableAlumni Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Escola Nacional de Belas Artes hasNotableAlumni Paulo Mendes da Rocha
this entity surface form: Paulo Mendes da Rocha (architect)
Museu Nacional dos Coches architectOfNewBuilding Paulo Mendes da Rocha