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Leão que Ri (Smiling Lion): Exterior · O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique
1/4 · Exterior · O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: Jcornelius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Leão que Ri (Smiling Lion): Exterior · The Smiling Lion building, Maputo, Mozambique
2/4 · Exterior · The Smiling Lion building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: Tadpolefarm from panoramio.com · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
Leão que Ri (Smiling Lion): Detail · Detail at the façade of the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique
3/4 · Detail · Detail at the façade of the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: Jcornelius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Leão que Ri (Smiling Lion): Detail · Statue at the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique
4/4 · Detail · Statue at the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto: Jcornelius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Photo 1: Exterior · O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto 2: Exterior · The Smiling Lion building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto 3: Detail · Detail at the façade of the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, MozambiquePhoto 4: Detail · Statue at the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique

Housing · Expressionism

Leão que Ri (Smiling Lion)

Pancho Guedes · Maputo, MZ · 1958

Key featuresAn apartment block with jagged concrete forms, toothed parapets and sculpted balconies.

Architect
Pancho Guedes
Place
Maputo, MZ
Year
1958
Typology
Housing
Movement
Expressionism
Region
Africa
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