MASP is the abbreviation for Brazil’s largest museum. The entire name of the museum is Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Châteaubriand. It is located on the Avenida Paulista, which is the Fifth Avenue of São Paolo. MASP has become a major tourist attraction of the city. The museum lies to the north of Trianon Park, which is like an oasis among the desert land of São Paolo. It lies in close proximity to financial institutions and business conglomerates. Also, there are a number of splendid villas belonging to coffee barons and early industrialists. The splendid view of the museum now stands obstructed. The competition among architects saw Lina Bo Bardi from Italy emerge as winner. She suggested a kind of beam or right-angled solidium held  [...]

The Museum of Fine Arts of Argentina is located in a landscaped park in Barrio Norte, on the splendid Avenida del Libertador and Avenida Figueroa Alcorta. It lies in close proximity to the Recoleta Cemetery, which is one of the most famous places of the city. The magnificence of the Byzantine era is apparent. The headstone of Argentina’s saint, Evita Perón, is less flashy and is always adorned with fresh flowers. The districts of Recoleta and Barrio Norte are upscale and luxuriant. In addition, the apartments in the fin de siècle blocks are equally expensive. The museum on its own has a prosaic past. The symmetrical building served as the pumping station for municipal waterworks. It was architect Alejandro Bustillo who designed the museum  [...]