The descending ramps
From the top to the atrium.
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The Iberê Camargo Foundation looks after the work of the painter Iberê Camargo (1914-1994), a son of Rio Grande do Sul. His widow, Maria Coussirat Camargo, created it in 1995, a year after his death. Its home on the shore of Lake Guaíba was the first building in Brazil by the Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza, winner of the Pritzker Prize; the design won the Golden Lion at the 2002 Venice Architecture Biennale, and it opened on 30 May 2008. The white building is a sculpture in itself and is often compared to the Guggenheim in New York: visitors take the lift to the top floor and walk down ramps past nine galleries on three floors and an atrium. Its massive walls carry the whole structure without a separate frame, and its windows were cut to frame views of the lake. The foundation opens in the afternoons from Thursday to Sunday, and entry is free on Thursdays without booking.
From the top to the atrium.
Framed Guaíba views.
A painter of the south.
On the shore of Lake Guaíba, Cristal district, Porto Alegre
Yes, on Thursdays without booking; on other opening days it costs R$20.