1960: Paulo Mendes da Rocha Residence in São Paulo, Brazil

Photo © Annette Spiro

The Paulo Mendes da Rocha Residence in São Paulo, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha, 2006 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate

Paulo Mendes da Rocha used prefabricated and mass-produced reinforced concrete components when he designed his own home in São Paulo. The one-story house rests on pillars and nestles into a small hill.

Mendes da Rocha designed another, almost identical, house at the same time.

^{~Pritzker Prize Committee}