Mabel Lapacó
Mabel "Lula" Lapacó (1930–2016) was an Argentine modernist architect known for her Brutalist buildings. • Illustration — Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (1959) Lapacó studied architecture at the University of Buenos Aires. At the school she met Osvaldo Bidinost, who later became her husband and occupational partner. Lapacó died on January 22, 2016, in Buenos Aires.
Mabel Lapacó

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- Name
- Mabel Lapacó
- Born
- 1930
- Died
- January 22, 2016
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires
- Education
- University of Buenos Aires
- Spouse
- Osvaldo Bidinost
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Occupation
- architect
- Fields
- architecture
- Known for
- Manuel Belgrano Higher School of Commerce
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Mabel "Lula" Lapacó (1930–2016) was an Argentine modernist architect known for her Brutalist buildings. • Illustration — Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (1959) Lapacó studied architecture at the University of Buenos Aires. At the school she met Osvaldo Bidinost, who later became her husband and occupational partner. Lapacó died on January 22, 2016, in Buenos Aires.
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• Name — Mabel Lapacó • Born — 1930 • Died — January 22, 2016 • Place of death — Buenos Aires • Education — University of Buenos Aires • Spouse — Osvaldo Bidinost
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• Escuela Superior de Comercio Manuel Belgrano (1959), Córdoba • Casa Lapacó (1961), Tres Cruces • Casa Goldstein (1967), Pinamar

Escuela Superior de Comercio “Manuel Belgrano”, inaugurada en Córdoba (Argentina) en 1971. Vista del patio y la rampa hacia las aulas.
Summa n° extraordinario. Febrero de 1981, Buenos Aires.

Escuela Superior de Comercio “Manuel Belgrano”, inaugurada en Córdoba (Argentina) en 1971. Vista de la terraza patio y los gabinetes de ciencias.
Summa n° extraordinario. Febrero de 1981, Buenos Aires.
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- 1.Clarín.com. Adiós a Mabel Lapacó, figura de la modernidad apropiada en la Argentina. www.clarin.com. 25 January 2016.
- 2.Mabel 'Lula' Lapacó: el brutalismo en la arquitectura argentina. Plataforma Arquitectura. 2017-05-02.
- 3.Marconetti, Diego. El Colegio Belgrano y el Palacio 6 de Julio, monumentos del brutalismo. La Voz. July 25, 2017.
- 4.Casa Goldstein.
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