CIVITAS / São PauloJoão Carmo Simões
monade, November 2018

Hardcover | 8-1/2 x 11-3/4 inches | 354 pages | 400 illustrations | English/Portuguese | ISBN: 978-9899948532 | ?58.00

PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION:
This richly illustrated monograph explores the city-building aspirations of the Brazilian modern masters through their buildings in São Paulo. Works by Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi, Salvador Candia, Rino Levi, Oscar Niemeyer and Paulo Mendes da Rocha were designed in response to the chaotic growth of one of the world?s largest metropolises. 
CIVITAS brings together for the first time a unique collection of nineteen buildings, proposing a fresh take on them through new photographs especially taken for the book and graphic elements re-drawn by the author. Some of the works are today references in the urban public space, underlining the contemporary relevance of this architecture. João Carmo Simões received the National Architecture Prize Secil Universities (2010). Following his studies, he works on key buildings of architects like Álvaro Siza or Paulo Mendes da Rocha, editing books and photographing.
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dDAB COMMENTARY:
I've never been to São Paulo, but I'm still a big fan of many of the Brazilian city's buildings and architects. Of the seven buildings in Brazil in my book 100 Years, 100 Buildings, three of them are in São Paulo, three buildings I hope to see in person someday: Faculty of Architecture and Urb...