Affonso Eduardo Reidy

Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Born	(1909-10-26)26 October 1909 Paris, France
Died	10 August 1964(1964-08-10) (aged 54) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian
Occupation	Architect

Practice	Affonso Reidy
Buildings	Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, 1954-1960 (destroyed by fire, 1978; reconstructed by Henrique Mindlin).
Projects	Pedregulho Housing Development, Rio de Janeiro. 1947-1955 Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro. 1936+ with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos and Carlos Leao; Le Corbusier, Consultant.

Affonso Eduardo Reidy (Paris, October 26, 1909 - Rio de Janeiro, August 10, 1964) was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. He apprenticed with the French urban planner Alfred Agache (1875-1959) during his studies. Reidy graduated and became an architect in 1930. Lúcio Costa appointed him as a teaching assistant to the architect Gregori Warchavchik (1896-1972) at the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in the same year.^[1]

Pedregulho Housing Development, Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.

Projects

Projects by Affonso Reidy include:

Pedregulho Housing Complex — Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro.
Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro — landscape design by Roberto Burle Marx.
Carmen Miranda Museum - located in the Parque Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes (Flamengo Park)
Ministry of Education and Health Building (Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro) — with Lucio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Moreira, Ernani Vasconcelos. and Carlos Leao.

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 10641213 LCCN: n85137878 ISNI: 0000 0001 1038 187X GND: 118744011 SUDOC: 155148397 ULAN: 500066967 BNE: XX1084915

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