 He later assisted Francisco Pereira Coutinho in founding Salvador da Bahia and in creating the first Portuguese colonial government in Brazil.Paulo Antunes Ribeiro was among the first generation of modern Brazilian architects and his works, unusually, appeared outside the sphere of Rio de Janeiro-São Paulo modernist construction.Ribeiro's design demonstrates Le Corbusier's influence in Brazil, beginning in the mid-1930s; it includes the use of pilotis, an open floor plan, a flat facade, running windows, and a garden terrace.