Ruy Ohtake

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Ruy Ohtake
Unique Hotel, São Paulo
Born	(1938-01-27) January 27, 1938 São Paulo, Brazil
Nationality	Brazilian

Buildings	Instituto Cultural Tomie Ohtake Hotel Unique
Projects	Brazilian Embassy in Tokyo São Paulo Pavillion at the Expo '90

Ruy Ohtake is an architect born on January 27, 1938, in the neighbourhood of Móoca, São Paulo, Brazil.

History

Son of Japanese artist Tomie Ohtake, Ruy Ohtake is known for his dynamic and unusual architectural designs. Some fine examples of his projects are the half-moon-shaped Hotel Unique^[1] (considered by architecture pundit Paul Goldberger one of the seven wonders of the modern world), the Hotel Renaissance building, and commercial building Edifício Santa Catarina at Avenida Paulista - all three located in the city of São Paulo. Ohtake is also famous for the design of the Thomie Ohtake Cultural Institute^[2] and the commercial building next to it.

He majored in Architecture in 1960 at the University of São Paulo.

Personal life

Ohtake got married twice: to Brazilian actress Célia Helena, who died in 1997, and to architect Silvia Vaz. He has got two children, Elisa and Rodrigo.^[3]

Instituto Cultural Tomie Ohtake (Ohtake Cultural)
Hotel Unique, São Paulo

Notes

↑ Hotel Unique webpage
↑ http://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/an-interview-with-architect-ruy-ohtake/4576 2010 interview to the Wallpaper guide
↑ "Cores, curvas e concreto", published in Veja magazine, retrieved 4 September 2007

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Name	Ohtake, Ruy
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Short description	Brazilian architect
Date of birth	January 27, 1938
Place of birth	São Paulo, Brazil
Date of death
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