Sylvio de Vasconcellos

Sylvio Carvalho de Vasconcellos (October 14, 1916 in Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil ‒ March 14, 1979 in Washington, DC) was a Brazilian architect and architectural historian, also recognized as one of the pioneers of Brazilian modernist architecture in the state of Minas Gerais.

His many studies, articles, and other scholarly works, some of them translated into other languages, spanned a range of topics that included the Baroque period in Minas, formation of the first settlements in the region, and modern architecture. He was also a long-time columnist and contributor to the Belo Horizonte newspaper, ''O Estado de Minas.''

The son of a traditional Minas Gerais family, Sylvio was the fifth of seven children born to historian Salomão de Vasconcellos (1877–1965) and Branca Teresa Carvalho de Vasconcellos (1886–1972), a musician. His forebears included Diogo Pereira Ribeiro de Vasconcellos (1758–1815), Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcellos (1795–1850), and Diogo de Vasconcellos (1843–1927). Provided by Wikipedia