“Lina's MASP: Process Sketches, 50 Years of the Building on Paulista Avenue,” the title of the exhibition that opened on November 1—marking the same month the museum was inaugurated in 1968—brings together hand drawings, images, and documents that reveal Lina Bo Bardi's creative process from concept to built work.

The exhibition is part of the Bardi Institute / Casa de Vidro's “Acervo Aberto” (Open Archive) series, launched in September 2017 with the aim of revealing lesser-known aspects of the history surrounding the residence and legacy of Lina Bo and P. M. Bardi, co-founder of MASP. 

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In the 1960s, as the verticalization of Avenida Paulista intensified with the construction of large commercial buildings and headquarters for corporations, companies, and banks, the most notable addition to the landscape was the construction of MASP, designed by Italian-Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992).

To honor what would have been the 90th birthday of architect David Libeskind, journalist and writer Raul Juste Lores and civil engineer Marcelo Libeskind—Libeskind’s son—in partnership with Livraria Cultura, are organizing a talk to be held at the Espaço Deck in the Conjunto Nacional’s Livraria Cultura. The event will explore the life and background of this multidisciplinary professional who, at the age of 25, designed the Conjunto Nacional on Avenida Paulista, one of the icons of Brazilian architecture.

An advocate for architecture closer to the natural environment and focused on people, Toyo Ito is currently one of the world's most influential and award-winning Japanese architects. During a visit to Brazil, Ito spoke to Haus magazine about the verticalization of cities—especially Tokyo—the ethereal qualities of architecture, and the lessons of contemporary Japanese architecture for the world.

The Sesc Pompeia has just opened the exhibition bauhaus imaginista: Learning From. The exhibition is one of four "chapters" of the international project celebrating the centennial of the Bauhaus, the pioneering school of architecture, art, and design founded in Germany in 1919 and closed by the Nazi regime 14 years later.

The City of São Paulo has opened a public selection process for professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, agronomy, and geology, offering a total of 118 positions in these areas, in addition to 50 openings for organizational development and planning analysts. The positions are for roles within municipal secretariats and other government agencies. 

The famous and widely published Pink House, designed by Mezzo Atelier, has won the Paulo Gouveia Architecture Prize, a regional award from the Azores, Portugal, which recognizes "restoration, rehabilitation, reconstruction, and reinterpretation works whose design stands out for respecting the built heritage and prioritizing the use of local materials, without excluding the use of a contemporary language."

It’s been a month since Brazil lost one of its oldest and most representative assets. A fire destroyed and erased more than 200 years of the Paço de São Cristóvão’s architectural history. The building served as a residence for the royal family, and turned a great part of its collection into dust, with many of the items being one-of-a-kind. The National Museum is seeking to rebuild in the aftermath of the tragedy.

Wood is one of the oldest building materials used in architecture. Versatile, it can be used in structural solutions, coatings, partitions, fittings and, very often, in furniture. Another quality of the material is its sustainability - if well managed during planting, cutting, and treatment processes, it can be considered renewable and low carbon, adding value to the completed building.

As part of International Habitat and Architect Week in Mozambique, the exhibition opened and the winners of the First Architecture Photography Competition - Perspectivas were announced on October 1 in Maputo, during the event A Cidade Desejada, organized by the Association of Architects of Mozambique - ARCHIMOZ.

On October 20, the Museu da Casa Brasileira will host the launch of the book Uma ideia de arquitetura – escritos de Lina Bo Bardi, by Marina Grinover. During the event, the author will join José Tavares Correia de Lira (Professor at FAUUSP), Renato Anelli (IAU-USP), and Ana Maria Belluzzo (FAUUSP) for a panel discussion.

"Residencial Casa Atlântica" in Copacabana, Zaha Hadid's first project in South America, was canceled. O Globo reported the cause as "the delay of the city hall to release the work license and the consequent delay of the launch and inauguration of the project." The luxury residential condominium was designed in 2013 and should have been opened in time for the Olympics.

The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) invites architecture and exhibition design professionals to participate in the competition to select the architectural and exhibition design project for the Brazil Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai, to be held from October 20, 2020, to April 10, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The competition is hosted by Apex-Brasil and organized by the Institute of Architects of Brazil, Federal District chapter (IAB-DF).

Meu Coração Bate Como o Seu, the sculpture designed by Guto Requena and built in downtown São Paulo at Praça da República in honor of the LGBT community, has had its wiring destroyed and its internal light bulbs stolen.

Conceived to celebrate 40 years of community activism in São Paulo, the act against his work is, for Requena, homophobic in nature: "The country is becoming too violent, so I have no doubt that the vandalism of my work was intended to target the LGBT community."

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The mastery of stone is one of the most impressive features of Portuguese architecture. From the precise cut in fittings to beautiful floor designs, Portuguese architecture carries in its womb an almost born talent to manipulate one of -- if not the oldest material used in the history of construction.

In celebration of this material, experimentadesign, a research project focused on design and architecture founded in Lisbon, developed Primeira Pedra, or First Stone. This multimedia platform explores the characteristics and qualities of Portuguese stone.

The unfinished Tripoli International Fair, designed by Oscar Niemeyer for the Lebanese capital, could become a UNESCO's World Heritage Site. Conceived in the 1960s at the request of the then President Fouad Chéhab, the fair remained a symbol of projected modernity for the country.

A wealth of culture and exceptional natural beauty make Paraty and Ilha Grande in Angra dos Reis a unique destination. This is the premise supporting the nomination of Brazil's first mixed site for World Heritage status. Experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), advisory bodies to UNESCO, visited Brazil from September 10 to 16 to evaluate the site for global recognition. 

The entertainment industry frequently captures unusual architecture from theme parks that explore bygone eras to remote locales in the hills of Las Vegas that often go unseen.

A two-hour drive from Rio de Janeiro's renowned beaches you can find a 20th century French Normandy building in the state's sierra region: The Palácio Quitandinha.

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