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The 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
The Smiling Lion: Exterior · The Smiling Lion building, Maputo, Mozambique
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The Smiling Lion: Detail · Detail at the façade of the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique
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The Smiling Lion: Detail · Statue at the O Leão Que Ri building, Maputo, Mozambique
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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

The Smiling Lion

Pancho Guedes · Maputo, MZ · 1958

Key featuresApartment block with a sculpted concrete front of spiky, tooth-like balconies that grin at the street.

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