Gustavo Penna

Gustavo Penna is a Brazilian architect and the founder of GPAA — Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associado — in Belo Horizonte. A graduate of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, where he taught for three decades, he sits on the curatorial boards of the Oscar Niemeyer and Dom Cabral foundations and co-founded the Academy of Architecture Schools of Portuguese Language.

His built work includes the Monument to Press Freedom in Brasília, the Japanese Immigration Memorial in Belo Horizonte, the museums of Congonhas, the new Mineirão stadium, the Guignard School, SesiLab — the requalification of Oscar Niemeyer’s Touring Club building — and the Brumadinho Memorial. The office has received the International Architecture Award, Architizer A+ Awards, the Prix Versailles and two iF Design Awards.