Fernando Lara | |
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| Born | Fernando Luiz Lara Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian-American |
| Alma mater | Federal University of Minas Gerais University of Michigan |
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| Notable work | The 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) |
| Website | www |
Fernando Luiz Lara is a Brazilian-born architect, academic, and author. [1] [2]
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]