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Jorge Machado Moreira
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WA-00031860
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Latin American Architecture Since 1945
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1955–1956
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Painting and Sculpture in Architecture
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1949
Source Registry (1)
- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Jorge Machado Moreira was a Brazilian modernist architect whose residential and institutional designs synthesized European formal principles with local materials and climate responsiveness. Active from the 1930s through the 1980s, his work emerged during Brazil's postwar period of rapid urbanization and architectural innovation, contributing to the development of a distinctly Brazilian modernism. His practice bridged functionalist discipline with regional specificity, shaped by the particular demands of tropical geography and rapid urban growth.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 1mo ago
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