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The face of contemporary Brazilian architecture today, Marcio Kogan initially shunned the works of Oscar Niemeyer and Brazilian modernism, more interested in what was happening in the rest of the world. Gradually, he came to appreciate the importance of this Brazilian movement that started in the 1930s and culminated in the creation of Brasilia, which produced the likes of Lucio Costa, Ernani Vasconcelos, Carlos Leao, Lina Bo Bardi and Vilanova Artigas.
He became fascinated by how a developing nation isolated from the rest of the world could be creating the globe’s best architecture. His aim now is to pay homage to this tradition by reinterpreting it in a contemporary manner using new technology.
