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Pedregulho Housing Complex

The Pedregulho Housing Complex is an apartment complex and planned community in the Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy (1909-1964). The project was planned in 1946 to house lower-paid civil servants of the city, which was then the Federal District of Brazil. Work commenced on the complex in 1949 and inaugurated in 1951/1952.

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1951

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Pedregulho Housing Complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Affonso Eduardo Reidy

1909-1964 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Affonso Eduardo Reidy was a Brazilian architect. He was the son of an English father and a Brazilian mother. Reidy entered the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeiro at age 17. He apprenticed with the French urban planner Alfred Agache (1875-1959) during his studies. Reidy graduated and became an architect i…

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Affonso Eduardo Reidy

studio · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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