Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Brazilian architect
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| Intro | Brazilian architect | |
| A.K.A. | Alfonso Eduardo Reidy | |
| A.K.A. | Alfonso Eduardo Reidy | |
| Places | Brazil | |
| was | Architect Painter | |
| Work field | Arts Engineering | |
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| Birth | 26 October 1909, Paris | |
| Death | 10 August 1964Rio de Janeiro (aged 54 years) | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
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.
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.