Abstract:
This paper has the aim to analyze the Brutalist architecture in Brazil focused in the work of three great architects such as Vilanova Artigas, Lina Bo Bardi and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. At the same time to display a clear picture of the development of the Brutalism in Europe. Attention is to find out and to evidence the similarities and differences between brutalist architecture in Brazil in front of the Brutalism in Europe. This paper has to discuss which were trends and characteristics in brutalist architecture in Brazil and reasons of his life longer than the European counterpart.