Fernando Lara
Born
Fernando Luiz Lara

Brazil
NationalityBrazilian-American
Alma materFederal University of Minas Gerais
University of Michigan
Occupations
  • Architect
  • Academic
  • Author
Notable workThe Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil (2008)
Latitudes II (2014)
Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology and Utopia (2015)
Excepcionalidade do Modernismo Brasileiro (2018)
Street Matters: A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil (2022)
Websitewww.fernandoluizlara.com

Fernando Luiz Lara is a Brazilian-born architect, academic, and author.[1][2]

Biography

Born in Brazil,[1] Lara studied at Federal University of Minas Gerais and graduated with Bachelor of Architecture in 1993.[3][4] He continued his education at Federal University of Minas Gerais and completed Master of Science in 1996.[3] He completed his PhD from the University of Michigan in 2001.[3]

In 2008, his book, The Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil, was published.[5] The book was reviewed by Adrian Forty in the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians.[5]

In 2015, he published, Modern Architecture in Latin America, the first survey to address the region.[6] The book was reviewed in multiple journals, including The Hispanic American Historical Review,[7] Bitacora,[8] Architectural Record, and others.[9][10]

Between 2012 and 2015, Lara was chair of the Brazil Center at the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.[3]

In 2018, Lara became the director of University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture's doctoral program in architecture.[3] He is currently the Potter Rose Professor in Urban Planning at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture.[3][11]

His work was exhibited at the São Paulo Bienalle of Architecture and the Kubitschek Museum.[12]

Bibliography

Books written

  • The Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil (2008)
  • Latitudes II (2014)
  • Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology and Utopia, with Luis Carranza, (2015)
  • Excepcionalidade do Modernismo Brasileiro (2018)
  • Street Matters, A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil (2022)

Books edited

  • Latin America: Thoughs, Nhamerica Platform/Romano Guerra Editora
  • Lelé: dialogues with neutra and prouvé
  • Critical Readings
  • Architecture and Nature by Abilio Guerra
  • Ode to the Void by Carlos Teixeira
  • Risky Spaces by Otávio Leonídio

Monographs

  • Boldarini e Associados (2019)
  • Arquitetos Associados (2017)
  • Horizontes (2017)

References

  1. 1 2 Kimmelman, Michael (March 11, 2021). "How Can Blackness Construct America?". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Longoria, Rafael (October 31, 2015). "Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia by Luis E. Carranza, Fernando L. Lara (review)". Arris. 26 (1): 70–71. doi:10.1353/arr.2015.0007. S2CID 244122836 – via Project MUSE.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Fernando Lara". soa.utexas.edu.
  4. ↑ "Fernando Luiz Lara: A blown opportunity for Brazil". August 10, 2016.
  5. 1 2 Forty, Adrian (December 1, 2009). "Review: The Rise of Popular Modernist Architecture in Brazil, by Fernando Luiz Lara". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 68 (4): 578–579. doi:10.1525/jsah.2009.68.4.578 – via online.ucpress.edu.
  6. ↑ Siwi, Marcio (November 1, 2018). "Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia". Hispanic American Historical Review. 98 (4): 753–754. doi:10.1215/00182168-7160688. S2CID 149680500. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022. Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  7. ↑ Siwi, Marcio (January 31, 2021). "The Making of New York's Avenue of the Americas: Transnational Circuits of Urban Renewal". Journal of Urban History. 47 (1): 85–110. doi:10.1177/0096144219864689. S2CID 201338691.
  8. ↑ Parra, Michael Andrés Forero (October 7, 2020). "Exhibir arquitectura en Colombia: una historia en construcción". Bitácora Arquitectura (44): 100–107. doi:10.22201/fa.14058901p.2020.44.77156. S2CID 225123543 – via www.revistas.unam.mx.
  9. ↑ "Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia | 2015-05-16 | Architectural Record". Architectural Record.
  10. ↑ Geraghty, Niall H.D.; Massidda, Adriana Laura (2019). "Introduction". Creative Spaces: 1–28. ISBN 9781908857484. JSTOR j.ctvp2n322.5.
  11. ↑ Dias, Valéria (January 23, 2020). Humanas, Ciências (ed.). "De capital da esperança à cidade com problemas: publicações trazem diferentes leituras de Brasília" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved October 31, 2022.
  12. ↑ Carranza, Luis E.; Lara, Fernando Luiz (November 3, 2021). "1957-b. Lina Bo Bardi, São Paulo Museum of Art". Modern Architecture in Latin America. University of Texas Press. pp. 208–209. doi:10.7560/758650-066. ISBN 9780292768178. S2CID 243775913.
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