Ruy ohtake biography of williams

THE BRAZILIAN ARCHITECT RUY OHTAKE has the courage of his convictions. When one speaks to him, as I have been lucky enough to do several times, there are no sound bites, no statements, no public relations talk.

It’s just an architect speaking genuinely, with the self-assurance that comes from hard work and a job well done.

Ruy ohtake biography of williams

At 77 Ohtake retains a refreshing natural enthusiasm, as excited today to talk about his designs as he might have been as a recent graduate speaking about his first project.

Ohtake is one of Brazil’s most prolific architects and has designed buildings across the country over five decades, with more than 420 built projects (close to three hundred of them in the city of São Paulo alone)—an architectural feat to be celebrated anywhere, but especially in a country that has been plagued with political and financial turmoil.

He has designed cultural institutions, residential and office towers, hotels, banks, tran