Lina Bo Bardi
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: January 01, 1914
Date of Death: January 01, 1992
Birth City: Rome
Resident City: Sao Paulo
Notes: Also worked as a furniture and jewelry designer, artist, scenery and wardrobe producer and exhibit curator.
Sources: http://www.artandculture.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/ACLive.woa/wa/artist?id=540 http://www.institutobardi.com.br/eng/lina/biografia/index.html
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Office of Gio Ponti
Title: Assistant
City: Milan
Employer: Own office
Employer: Domus
Title: Editor
End Date: January 01, 1944
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Title: The Zurich Museum of Design
Description: Exhibition of her life's work.
City: Zurich
Notable Projects
Title: Sao Paulo Museum of Art
Description: A bold design comprising two huge, red, reinforced concrete frames from which the main body of the building is suspended.
City: Sao Paulo
Start Date: January 01, 1957
End Date: January 01, 1968
Url: http://arch.hku.hk/events/talks9798/bardi.html
Title: SESC - Pompeia Factor
City: Sao Paulo
End Date: January 01, 1977
Title: Glass House
Description: A simple cube which appears to float above extremely slender support piers.
Education
Institution: Università La Sapienza di Roma
Department: Facoltà di Architettura
Degree: Architecture
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Title: Lina Bo Bardi
Publisher: Charta
City: Milano
Title: A Cultura della Vita
Co-author: Bruno Zevi
City: Rome
Notes: Weekly Magazine
Publications About
Title: Subtle Substances of Architecture: Lina Bo Bardi
Author: Olivia de Oliverira
Publisher: Gill
Url: http://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Substances-Architecture-Lina-Bardi/dp/B000UJ9TY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1213187827&sr=1-1
Notes: ASIN: B000UJ9TY4