Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Affonso Eduardo Reidy | |
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Born |
Paris, France | 26 October 1909
Died |
10 August 1964 54) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | (aged
Nationality | Brazilian |
Occupation | Architect |
Practice | Affonso Reidy |
Buildings | Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 1954-1960 (destroyed by fire, 1978; reconstructed by Henrique Mindlin). |
Projects |
Pedregulho Housing Development, Rio de Janeiro. 1947-1955 |
Affonso Eduardo Reidy (Paris, October 26, 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. He apprenticed with the French urban planner Alfred Agache (1875-1959) during his studies. Reidy graduated and became an architect in 1930. Lúcio Costa appointed him as a teaching assistant to the architect Gregori Warchavchik (1896-1972) at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in the same year.[1]
Projects
Projects by Affonso Reidy include:
- Pedregulho Housing Complex — Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
- Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro — landscape design by Roberto Burle Marx.
- Carmen Miranda Museum - located in the Parque Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes (Flamengo Park)
- Ministry of Education and Health Building (Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro) — with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos. and Carlos Leao.
See also
- Brazilian architects
- Modernist architecture in Brazil
References
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