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Affonso Eduardo Reidy
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WA-00031861
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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
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- MoMA bulk 2026-05-04Tier 1 · Institutional92%
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Affonso Eduardo Reidy was a Brazilian architect and urban planner whose modernist designs shaped Rio de Janeiro's postwar landscape. Working in reinforced concrete, he developed a distinctive formal language that merged Lúcio Costa's rationalist principles with a monumental, sculptural sensibility. His major works include the Ministério da Educação e Saúde and the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. Reidy's approach to public institutions emphasized horizontal volumes, clean geometric forms, and integration with urban space, positioning him as a central figure in Brazilian modernism between the 1930s and 1960s.
Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago
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