Adolpho Lindenberg (born

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, 1924) is a Brazilian civil engineer, architect, writer and political activist. A cousin and disciple of

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira (December 13, 1908 – October 3, 1995) was a Brazilian intellectual and traditionalist Catholic activist, best known for the foundation of Tradition, Family and Property organization. Biography Early life Co ...

, the founder of

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, he is the president of the

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, since his creation in 2006.

Professional career

He graduated in

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and

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at the

Mackenzie Presbyterian University Mackenzie Presbyterian University (Portuguese: ''Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie'') is a private university in São Paulo, Brazil. The Mackenzie Presbyterian University is an institution of higher learning that has strong tradition and history ...

, in 1949. He started his own entreprise, the Adolpho Lindenberg Construction Company (Portuguese: Construtora Adolpho Lindenberg) or CAL, in 1952, which became in short time, one of the most admired in

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. CAL name is associated with the reintroduction of the colonial style in Brazilian contemporary architecture. His style left a mark in many buildings of

. Since the 1950s, he created many buildings in the colonial style, because he believed it to be more suitable to Brazilian climate and culture than the ''

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'' style. From the 1960s to the 1980s, he authored many buildings in neoclassical or mediterranean style, with great success in the real estate market, to the point that about 60% of the luxury buildings in

from that time follow this style. His neoclassical style was named "Lindenberg style".

Activist career

Lindenberg was a longtime member of the

, being a collaborator of their newspaper ''O Legionário'', and later an editor of the newspaper, currently magazine, ''Catolicismo''. After the division and legal dispute that followed

death, in 1995, he was a member of the Association of the Founders of TFP. After their judicial loss in 2004, they went to create the

, in 2006, of which he has been the president since then. He identifies with the

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and has been linked to the far-right movement in Brazil.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindenberg, Adolpho 1924 births Living people Mackenzie Presbyterian University alumni Brazilian civil engineers Brazilian architects Brazilian Roman Catholics Brazilian traditionalist Catholics Brazilian people of German descent 20th-century Brazilian architects 20th-century Brazilian engineers Catholicism and far-right politics