Paulo Mendes da Rocha

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Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

Paulo Mendes da Rocha (born 1928) is a Brazilian architect. He was recently honored with the 2006 Pritzker Prize, and in 2000 with the Mies van der Rohe Prize. Working almost exclusively in Brazil, Mendes da Rocha has been producing buildings since 1957, many of them built in concrete, a method some call "Brazilian Brutalist" arguably allowing buildings to be constructed cheaply and quickly. He has contributed many notable cultural buildings to São Paulo, Brazil and is widely credited as enhancing and revitalizing the city. Mendes da Rocha is the second Brazilian architect to win the Pritzker Prize after Oscar Niemeyer in 1988.

[edit] Major works

1957, Gymnasium in the Paulistano Athletics Club in São Paulo, Brazil
1957, Paulistano Armchair (reissued in 2004 by Objekto)
1964, The Guaimbê Residential Building in São Paulo, Brazil
1969, Brazil's pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan
1973, Serra Dourada Stadium in Goiânia, Brazil
1987, Forma Furniture showroom in São Paulo, Brazil
1988, Brazilian Sculpture Museum in São Paulo, Brazil
1992, Patriarch Plaza and Viaduct do Chá in São Paulo, Brazil
1993, Pinacoteca do Estado in São Paulo, Brazil

1997, FIESP Cultural Center in São Paulo, Brazil

[edit] Sources

Artigas, Rosa: "Paulo Mendes da Rocha", Cosac & Naify
Spiro, Annette: "Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Works and Projects".
Instructor profile
CityMayors.com profile
New York Times profile
NPR profile
Objekto
Paulo Mendes da Rocha - 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate (LandLiving.com)

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Pritzker Prize Laureates

Johnson (1979) • Barragán (1980) • Stirling (1981) • Roche (1982) • Pei (1983) • Meier (1984) • Hollein (1985) • Böhm (1986) • Tange (1987) • Bunshaft/Niemeyer (1988) • Gehry (1989) • Rossi (1990) • Venturi (1991) • Siza (1992) • Maki (1993) • Portzamparc (1994) • Ando (1995) • Moneo (1996) • Fehn (1997) • Piano (1998) • Foster (1999) • Koolhaas (2000) • Herzog & de Meuron (2001) • Murcutt (2002) • Utzon (2003) • Hadid (2004) • Mayne (2005) • Mendes da Rocha (2006) • Richard Rogers (2007)