1896
/1972
Born in 1896 in Odessa, Ukraine, Warchavchik also lived in Rome, where he studied architecture. He arrived in Brazil in 1923, at the apogee of the Modernist movement, just one week after the Modern Art Week.
Having published the first manifesto on modern architecture in Brazil, in 1925, he became known as the country’s earliest modernist architect, turning into a forerunner of the great forces of Brazilian modern design. Warchavchik criticized the use of ornaments and encouraged the application of a logical architecture that reflected the present. He believed buildings should be dwelling machines. His solid and straight lines shaped homes and buildings that broke with the past, displaying the aesthetics of the cultural ebullience of the time.
In 1298, he created the country’s first Modernist House, on Santa Cruz Street, in São Paulo. Gregori was involved in every detail of the project – from the façade to the decor. He designed revolutionary pieces of modernist furniture. Warchavchik’s stool, tea trolley, round table and magazine holders – which would become symbols of modern furniture – have now been reedited by ETEL.
