Lina Bo Bardi
5 December 1914 – 20 March 1992
Lina Bo Bardi was an Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect and designer who became a major figure in 20th-century Brazilian architecture. Known for socially engaged, materially inventive work, she designed the Sao Paulo Museum of Art (MASP), the SESC Pompeia cultural center, and her own Glass House in Sao Paulo.
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Life events
She earned her architecture degree in 1939.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe moved to Brazil with her husband Pietro Maria Bardi and settled in Sao Paulo.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer own home in Sao Paulo became an early landmark of Brazilian modernism.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe adopted Brazilian citizenship, embracing the country as her home.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer museum on Avenida Paulista, with its suspended concrete-and-glass block, is her best-known work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgShe transformed a former factory in Sao Paulo into a celebrated leisure and cultural complex.
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