Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Paulo Mendes da Rocha (October 25, 1928 – May 23, 2021) was a Brazilian architect. He was known for his cultural buildings to São Paulo and was widely thanked for reshaping the city.

Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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Personal information
Name	Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Nationality	Brazilian
Birth date	(1928-10-25)October 25, 1928
Birth place	Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Date of death	May 23, 2021(2021-05-23) (aged 92)
Place of death	São Paulo, São Paulo (state), Brazil
Alma mater	Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
Work
Buildings	Serra Dourada Stadium, Gymnasium in the Paulistano Athletics Club, Pinacoteca do Estado, National Coach Museum
Awards	Pritzker Architecture Prize (2006)

Mendes da Rocha was Professor at the Architecture College of University of São Paulo, known as FAU-USP, until 1998.

He was honored with the Mies van der Rohe Prize (2000), the Pritzker Prize (2006) and the Venice Biennale Golden Lion for lifetime achievement (2016).

Mendes da Rocha died of lung cancer at a hospital in São Paulo, Brazil on May 23, 2021 at the age of 92.

Paulo Mendes Da Rocha Media

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  SESC 24 de Maio, São Paulo (2017)

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  Museu dos Coches, Lisbon (2015)

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  Saint Peter Chapel, São Paulo (1987)

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  Patriarch Plaza, São Paulo (2002)

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  Brazilian Sculpture Museum, Mube, São Paulo (1988).

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  Pinacotheca, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo (1993)

Other websites

Media related to Paulo Mendes da Rocha at Wikimedia Commons

• Pritzker Prize – profile Archived 2014-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
• CityMayors.com profile
• New York Times profile
• NPR profile
• Objekto