Brutalist Architecture in Brazil

Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo - Lina Bo Bardi

In Brazil, the brutalist trend starts from the early 1950s in buildings in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.The beginning of the brutalist trend in Brazil is simultaneous to the design and construction of the capital, Brasilia. In the early 1950s the architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas gradually begins to use exposed concrete structures in São Paulo. Artigas and others mature architects of that moment started to adopt the brutalist language in their works.

Some Brutalist Architects in Brazil 

Vilanova Artigas 

Vilanova Artigas (June 23, 1915 – January 12, 1985) was one of the most important Brazilian modernist architects, and the founding figure of the Paulista School.

Artigas' work shows an obvious influence from Frank Lloyd Wright in residential design adopting an International Style grammar (curtain walls, pilotis) for larger projects; and from the 1960s and 1970s his personal, dramatic style linked to Brutalism for largescale public buildings.  Artigas characterized for the use of concrete in his projects 

Lina Bo Bardi 

Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) was an incredibly architect and designer who devoted her life working in Brazil, to promoting the social and cultural potential of architecture and design. Her most famous Brutalist building in São Paulo building is  São Paulo Art Museum 

Paulo Mendes da Rocha 

Is a Brazilian architect, honored with the Mies van der Rohe Prize (2000) and the Pritzker Prize (2006). Working almost exclusively in Brazil, Mendes da Rocha has been producing buildings since 1957, many of them built in concrete, a method some call "Brazilian Brutalism", arguably allowing buildings to be constructed cheaply and quickly.  His buildings are constructed of prefabricated and mass-produced concrete components.