The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has announced Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha as winner of the 2017 Royal Gold Medal, in recognition of his lifetime’s work.
Mendes da Rocha completed his first celebrated building, the Athletic Club of São Paulo, in 1957. Calling his style “revolutionary and transformative,” RIBA president and chair of the selection committee Jane Duncan said, “Mendes da Rocha’s work typifies the architecture of 1950s Brazil – raw, chunky and beautifully ‘brutal’ concrete.”
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