부산대학교 도서관

(b São Paulo, Feb 1, 1911; d Rio de Janeiro, Jul 6, 1971). Brazilian architect, writer, and teacher. He was the son of Russian immigrants and grew up in an artistic environment. He graduated in 1932 as an engineer–architect from the Mackenzie School of Engineering, São Paulo, and went into practice in São Paulo, carrying out some Modernist work. In 1942 he moved to Rio de Janeiro, where he came into contact with the architects who had been influenced by Le Corbusier, including Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Alfonso Eduardo Reidy, and Jorge Moreira. Like them, Mindlin became involved with the development of a Brazilian version of Le Corbusier’s rationalist Modernism. His first project in Rio was a prizewinning design for the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1942; unexecuted) at Itamaraty; thereafter he won several prizes, becoming well known for his participation in competitions and exhibitions. In 1943–1944 he studied architecture and construction projects in the USA. He then embarked on a prolific career, designing houses, apartment blocks, offices, industrial buildings, hotels, and shops. His domestic work was highly creative, often using butterfly roofs, sunscreens, and naturally finished wall planes, and his commercial work incorporated the latest technology, for example the Avenida Central Building (...