Architectural lettering: from information to identity: a study on Gregori Warchavchik’s Condomínio Cícero Prado

Architectural lettering: from information to identity: a study on Gregori Warchavchik’s Condomínio Cícero Prado

D’ELBOUX, Jose Roberto

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This article sets out to do a case study of the Condomínio Cícero Prado, a complex of buildings by architect Gregori Warchavchik, built in 1954 in São Paulo, and has the final goal of performing an analysis of its lettering, as a formal element of information and identity in the built architecture.

This article sets out to do a case study of the Condomínio Cícero Prado, a complex of buildings by architect Gregori Warchavchik, built in 1954 in São Paulo, and has the final goal of performing an analysis of its lettering, as a formal element of information and identity in the built architecture.

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DOI: 10.5151/design-icdhs-105

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Como citar:

José Roberto D'Elboux; "Architectural lettering: from information to identity: a study on Gregori Warchavchik’s Condomínio Cícero Prado", p-475-479. In: Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa & Schincariol, Zuleica (Eds.). Design frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies [=ICDHS 2012 - 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History & Design Studies]. São Paulo: Blucher, 2012. São Paulo: Blucher, 2014.
ISSN 23186968, DOI 10.5151/design-icdhs-105