This event is in the past.It took place on November 15, 2025 at Paula Cooper Gallery.
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkUruguayan engineer Eladio Dieste made brick do impossible things—soaring church vaults, elegant bus terminals—using "cosmic economy" principles that squeezed maximum beauty from humble materials.
Architectural innovation
Latin American design
Material engineering
Mid-century modernism
Tips
🎤catch the lecture Nov 18 on Dieste's work
🦃closed Nov 27-28 for Thanksgiving
Eladio Dieste: Material Tour de Force
Chelsea
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkUruguayan engineer Eladio Dieste made brick do impossible things—soaring church vaults, elegant bus terminals—using "cosmic economy" principles that squeezed maximum beauty from humble materials.
Architectural innovation
Latin American design
Material engineering
Mid-century modernism
Tips
🎤catch the lecture Nov 18 on Dieste's work
🦃closed Nov 27-28 for Thanksgiving
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