Joaquim Guedes

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Joaquim Manoel Guedes Sobrinho (* 1932 in São Paulo ; † July 27, 2008 ) was a Brazilian architect .

Guedes was known for rejecting formalisms and preferring architecture that responded to everyday needs. He was a critic of Oscar Niemeyers and the main direction of Brazilian architecture. Although he was usually attributed to the Paulista School , he was therefore considered by many colleagues as a "black sheep". Guedes worked on more than 400 projects; since 1955 he worked in São Paulo. His family houses and city projects, including the design for the new city of Caraíba in the state of Bahia , were best known .

literature

  • U. Kultermann: Architects of the Third World. Building between tradition and a new beginning. DuMont, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-7701-1182-6 .
  • M. Junqueira: Joaquim Guedes. Cosac & Naify, São Paulo 2000, ISBN 85-7503-033-7 . (original in Portuguese, also in English edition)
  • Elisabetta Andreoli, Adrian Fort (Ed.): Brazil's Modern Architecture. Phaidon Press, London 2004, ISBN 0-7148-4292-3 . (English)
  • Y. Bruand: Arquitetura Contemporânea no Brasil. Perspectiva, São Paulo 1981. (Translations by Ana M. Goldberger. Original title: L'architecture contemporaine au Brésil)
  • Y. Futagawa: Masterpieces 1945-1970. (= GA Houses Special. 01). ADA Editors, Tokyo 2001, ISBN 4-87140-353-X (in Japanese and English)
personal data
SURNAME Guedes, Joaquim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Guedes Sobrinho, Joaquim Manoel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Brazilian architect
DATE OF BIRTH 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH São Paulo
DATE OF DEATH July 27, 2008