Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro. 1936+ with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Carlos Leao; Le Corbusier, Consultant. • Spouse — Carmen Portinho Affonso Eduardo Reidy (26 October 1909–10 August 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother.
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Affonso Eduardo Reidy
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- Name
- Affonso Eduardo Reidy
- Born
- 26 October 1909
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
- Died
- 10 August 1964
- Place of death
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Occupation
- architect · painter · urban planner
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Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro. 1936+ with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Carlos Leao; Le Corbusier, Consultant. • Spouse — Carmen Portinho Affonso Eduardo Reidy (26 October 1909–10 August 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother.
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Biography
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. • Illustration — MAM—Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro. • Illustration — Pedregulho Housing Development, Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
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Key facts
• Name — Affonso Eduardo Reidy • Born — 26 October 1909 • Birthplace — Paris, France • Died — 10 August 1964 • Place of death — Rio de Janeiro, Brazil • Practice — Affonso Reidy • Significant Buildings — Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 1954-1960 (destroyed by fire, 1978; reconstructed by Henrique Mindlin). • Significant Projects — Pedregulho Housing Development, Rio de Janeiro. 1947-1955
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Projects
Projects by Affonso Reidy include: • Pedregulho Housing Complex — Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. • Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro — landscape design by Roberto Burle Marx. • Carmen Miranda Museum - located in the Parque Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes (Flamengo Park) • Ministry of Education and Health Building (Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro) — with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos. and Carlos Leao.
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1909
Affonso Eduardo Reidy was born in 1909.
1964
Affonso Eduardo Reidy died at Rio de Janeiro.
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