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I'm a British journalist living and working in São Paulo, Brazil. Unless linked or credited otherwise, the photos here are mine.

  • São Paulo – a shock and awe kind of beauty By Claire Rigby, at Folha de S.Paulo in English Our beloved metropolis is aesthetically powerful, but in the traditional sense, it’s no looker. It’s a shame the architectural treasures we do have are so sparse and so unknown – because they are so very good … There are plenty of cities that are a thrill to touch down in: the descent into Buenos Aires’s waterfront Aeroparque, for example, with the big baroque city reeling back from the mighty River Plate. But for scale, repetition and sheer persistence, São Paulo, spooling away endlessly to the horizon, is an impressive contender. Read on.

    São Paulo – a shock and awe kind of beauty

    By Claire Rigby, at Folha de S.Paulo in English

    Our beloved metropolis is aesthetically powerful, but in the traditional sense, it’s no looker. It’s a shame the architectural treasures we do have are so sparse and so unknown – because they are so very good …

    There are plenty of cities that are a thrill to touch down in: the descent into Buenos Aires’s waterfront Aeroparque, for example, with the big baroque city reeling back from the mighty River Plate. But for scale, repetition and sheer persistence, São Paulo, spooling away endlessly to the horizon, is an impressive contender.

    Read on.

    Tagged: sao paulo saopaulo architecture arquitetura MASP Martinelli Unique Banespa Edificio Italia Copan niemeyer Isay Weinfeld Ruy Ohtake Tomie Ohtake Lina Bo Bardi london shard Solomon's Temple Brasil Brazil spauloetc

    Posted on May 29, 2012 with 4 notes

  • The opening last night of @DeDentroeDeFora, a spectacular Choque Cultural show at the #MASP, #SaoPaulo, filling the massive space with colour and life.

    The opening last night of @DeDentroeDeFora, a spectacular Choque Cultural show at the #MASP, #SaoPaulo, filling the massive space with colour and life.

    Tagged: saopaulo sao paulo spauloetc masp choque cultural street art art opening

    Posted on August 17, 2011 with 3 notes

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