Affonso Eduardo Reidy

Quick Facts

Intro

Brazilian architect

A.K.A.

Alfonso Eduardo Reidy

Places

Brazil

was

Architect Painter

Work field

Arts Engineering

Gender

Male

Birth

26 October 1909 People who share this birthday

Place of birth

Paris

Star sign

Scorpio People who share this birthday

Death

10 August 1964 People who died on this day

Place of death

Rio de Janeiro

Age

54 years

The details (from wikipedia)

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.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Lists

Affonso Eduardo Reidy is in following lists