Affonso Eduardo Reidy

Affonso Eduardo Reidy (Paris, October 26, 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. He apprenticed with the French urban planner Alfred Agache (1875-1959) during his studies. Reidy graduated and became an architect in 1930. Lúcio Costa appointed him as a teaching assistant to the architect Gregori Warchavchik (1896-1972) at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in the same year.[1]

Pedregulho Housing Development, Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Born(1909-10-26)26 October 1909
Paris, France
Died10 August 1964(1964-08-10) (aged 54)
NationalityBrazilian
OccupationArchitect
PracticeAffonso Reidy
BuildingsMuseum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 1954-1960 (destroyed by fire, 1978; reconstructed by Henrique Mindlin).
ProjectsPedregulho Housing Development, Rio de Janeiro. 1947-1955
Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro. 1936+ with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Carlos Leao; Le Corbusier, Consultant.

Projects

Projects by Affonso Reidy include:

See also

  • Brazilian architects
  • Modernist architecture in Brazil

References


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