1937-2021 Member of a Jewish family of Polish immigrants, Jaime Lerner was born in Curitiba in 1937 and trained as an architect at the Federal University of Paraná. As so many Brazilian architects of his generation, he was marked by the social situat
Jaime Lerner, architect, urban planner, former president of the International Union of Architects (UIA), has died of complications triggered by a chronic kidney disease. He was 83. Born in 1937 in Curitiba (Brazil), Lerner was twice governor of the s
Each in his own way a recipient of the legacy of Jane Jacobs, Jan Gehl and Jaime Lerner have built influential tools with which to combat the dismantling of public space.
¡Lo que daría una por que el ‘efecto Curitiba’ fuese tan conocido, citado y envidiado como el ‘efecto Bilbao’! Y es que el ingenioso y económico sistema de transporte a base de autobuses de la capital del estado de Paraná —1.800.000 habitantes—, ha g
