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João da Gama Filgueiras Lima (Lelé): Centro de Exposições do Centro Administrativo da Bahia, ?–1974

  • Bahia, Brazil, Show on map
  • #CUL #CastInPlaceConcrete #Public #Latin America
  • In the case of this exhibition center, the design of a suspension bridge is transposed onto a building. An exhibition room and a theater are housed in the opposite ends. Lift and stairs are accommodated in the pillars. There is no inherent need for the dramatically overly staged construction.

  • Deserted and dilapidating.

    This building was included in the red list, published in our exhibition catalog SOS Brutalism: A Global Survey (September 2017). After a status review on December 4, 2024, it is still classified as red (endangered) in the online database.