Panorama of Modern Brazilian Architecture: From the 1950s to the Present

“Panorama of Modern Brazilian Architecture: From the 1950s to the Present” opens September 3 in IIT’s Crown Hall. Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) College of Architecture is offering the Chicago area community the opportunity to experience Brazil’s excellence in architecture without leaving the city with “Panorama of Modern Brazilian Architecture: From the 1950s to the Present,” an architecture exhibit that will be on display from September 3 - 30 at IIT’s S. R. Crown Hall, 3360 S. State St., Chicago. An opening reception for the exhibit, hosted by Ambassador João Almino of the Consulate-General of the Federative Republic of Brazil, will be held at 6 pm. Wednesday, September 3, in Crown Hall. Following the reception, guests will move to the McCloska Auditorium in the McCormick Tribune Campus Center (MTCC), 3201 S. State St., for a lecture at 6:30 pm on the “Boundaries of Architecture,” presented by Ciro Pirondi and Rafic Farah of the Escola da Cidade in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Initiated by Pirondi, the director of the Escola da Cidade, and brought to the U.S. by IIT Architecture Professor Martin Klaeschen, the exhibit is a co-curated product between both institutions. Generously supported by the Consulate-General of Brazil, it displays the projects of Brazilian architects including Oscar Niemeyer, Lina Bo Bardi and last year’s Pritzker Prize winner Paulo Mendes da Rocha. The exhibit consists of 58 panels, each one containing descriptions of the architects’ projects in both English and Spanish, along with design concepts, drawings and photographs. For more information about the exhibit and the opening reception and lecture, please contact Lisa Horne at 312-567-3263 or lhorne1[.]iit.edu. Founded in 1890, IIT is a Ph.D.-granting university with more than 7,300 students in engineering, sciences, architecture, psychology, design, humanities, business and law. IIT’s interprofessional, technology-focused curriculum is designed to advance knowledge through research and scholarship, to cultivate invention improving the human condition, and to prepare students from throughout the world for a life of professional achievement, service to society, and individual fulfillment.