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Stones Against Diamonds

Architecture Words 12:
Stones Against Diamonds
by Lina Bo Bardi, with an introduction by Silvana Rubino

Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992) was a prolific architect, designer and thinker, whose work, absorbing her native Italy and then after 1946 her adopted home-land, Brazil, spans across architecture, furniture, stage and costume design, urban planning, curatorial work, teaching and writing.