Os arquitetos da memória

de Márcia Chuva

Fundamental work that accounts for the founding moment of the conservation practices in Brazil and their implementation during the government of Getlio Vargas with the creation of Sphan in 1937. This book comprises amongst other aspects the relationship between the intellectual and academic circles with the State, the architectural registry as an inventory of the patrimony and of the national identity, and the collaboration project to make society understand and assimilate that the patrimonial values were to be part of their community values.