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