Rest of world architectural (reading) guide

My architecture writing heyday between 2012-2015 was the pre-kids period when I was traveling a lot more than today. Some of the following posts thus have a little travelogue ring to them. With Tokyo and North America done, let’s take the remaining buildings geographically, and go on a little tour down memory lane to Latin America (mainly Argentina, but also Brazil), Europe (mainly Germany, but also London and some other places), Africa, and Asia. What is missing in all this is a post from my current whereabouts, Australia. In what time I have left here, I shall strive to find that one tell-all building. Until then, I shall seek inspiration in the following pages.

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FIESP, Sao Paulo

I went on a short trip to Sao Paulo some while ago, and this building on Paulista Avenue caught my attention. It is the headquarters of FIESP – the Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo or Federation of Industries of the State of Sao Paulo.

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