Lina Bo Bardi: Casa de Vidro photographs the Glass House in São Paulo as its designer intended it to be seen — rising from the earth and embedded in jungle, a prototype for an architecture that holds its distance from individual ego and responds instead to a new society.
About This Book
Built in the early 1950s, the Casa de Vidro was the first completed architectural project of Italian-born Lina Bo Bardi following her arrival in Brazil, and she designed it as her own home. It is not merely a biographical landmark; Bo Bardi conceived it as a demonstration of how architecture must maintain a critical distance from individuals, community, and the natural environment simultaneously — a position that would shape every subsequent work of her career. Photographed by Yukio Futagawa, one of the foremost architectural photographers of the twentieth century, this volume captures the house in a state that still reflects the original design intent, its structure emerging directly from the Brazilian landscape. Essential reading for those engaged with modernist architecture, Brazilian design history, and the legacy of Bo Bardi.
Key Features
- 54 pages of large-format photography by master architectural photographer Yukio Futagawa
- Photography by Yoshio Futagawa
- Published by Ada Edita
What You'll Discover
- How Bo Bardi's concept of architectural distance — from individual, society, and nature — is made legible in a single domestic building
- The Glass House as a prototype rather than a personal statement, anticipating the ideological concerns of Bo Bardi's entire career
- The relationship between the structure and its jungle setting, as the building rises directly from the earth rather than imposing upon it
- Futagawa's photographic interpretation of the house as it survives today, faithful to its designer's original intentions
About the Author
Yoshio Futagawa is regarded as one of the most significant architectural photographers of the twentieth century, known for his extensive documentation of modern architecture worldwide. His work through the GA (Global Architecture) publishing series produced some of the most authoritative visual records of canonical buildings from the postwar period.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 54
- Dimensions: 360 x 260 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9784871406475
- Publisher: Ada Edita
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, historians, and design researchers with an interest in Brazilian modernism, Lina Bo Bardi's practice, and the relationship between architecture and landscape.