Work
Casa de Vidro (Glass House)
Explore in the Atlas →Lina Bo Bardi's own home, floating on slender pilotis amid the Atlantic Forest, marries European modernist transparency with a grounded vernacular rear, opening her singular Brazilian career.
Dwelling Ephemerality Fantasy
Details
- Type
- Building
- Location
- São Paulo, Brazil
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawingApprenticeship
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Connections
- exemplifies Modernism
- exemplifies Brazilian Modernism
Referenced by
- Lina Bo Bardi authored
Sources
- Zeuler R. M. de A. Lima. Lina Bo Bardi. Yale University Press, 2013.
- Olivia de Oliveira. Lina Bo Bardi: Built Work. Editorial Gustavo Gili, 2002.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Casa de Vidro (Glass House)." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/work/casa-de-vidro/. Accessed July 17, 2026.