Category Archives: General

Originally posted on seniorbackpacker:
Paranagua means “big round sea” in the Tupi-Guarani language.  The city was founded around 1550 on one of the coastal islands and later spread onto the mainland.  The city preserves many of the oldest colonial remnants…

Originally posted on Brazilian Concrete:
The museum Fundação Iberê Camargo is another interesting contemporary ‘Brutalist’ example designed by Alvaro Siza and completed in 2008. The museum is centred on the work of the artist Iberê Camargo, who himself was from…