Casa da Música and Cidade das Artes: Towards Monumentality

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Guilherme Essvein de Almeida's doctoral dissertation presents an analysis of two major works of contemporary architecture: the Casa da Música in Porto, designed by Rem Koolhaas, and the Cidade das Artes in Rio de Janeiro, designed by Christian de Portzamparc. Defended in 2018, the dissertation was advised by Prof. Dr. Carlos Eduardo Dias Comas as part of the graduate program at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul. Read the author's abstract and find the link to the full dissertation below.

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Cite: Vada, Pedro. "Casa da Música and Cidade das Artes: Towards Monumentality" [A Casa da Música e a Cidade das Artes: por uma monumentalidade] 05 Jul 2026. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/1122173/casa-da-musica-and-cidade-das-artes-towards-monumentality> ISSN 0719-8884
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