BUILDING: Chapel of St Peter by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, São Paulo, 1987
September 1st, 2011
September 1st, 2011
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This chapel by Mendes da Rocha is a fine example of the Brazilian architect’s fluent use of concrete. Interested as much in the practical advantages of the material as the poetic, Mendes da Rocha’s work in concrete is clearly influenced by his fellow Brazilian Oscar Niemeyer (with perhaps a little less of the older architect’s flamboyance). Mendes da Rocha, now 83, is a former winner of the Pritzker Prize. His work is largely concentrated in the São Paulo area of Brazil.
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