Casa Liquida: Annex for a Sao Paulo Artistic Residency by Luiz Pataro.Casa Liquida (Liquid House) is an artistic residency in São Paulo conceived by Julia Feldens. Since 2015, Julia and her two children have shared their home with artists who use the space for experimentation and communal living. The...
Warm, Organic & Raw: Mother Earth HQ by Memola Estudio and Vitor Penha.There’s something quite domestic about the way this building presents itself. Perhaps it’s the proportions of the facade windows. Maybe it’s the expansive first floor balconies lined with greenery. It’s presence to the street even...
Apartamento Leblon in Rio de Janeiro by Felipe Hess.Apartamento Leblon, designed by Felipe Hess in collaboration with Pia Quagliato, stands as a calm and inviting home for a young family. Curving oak, chunky marble, and creamy white finishes are just some of the features that make the list...
Concept Loft Refugio in São Paulo by Consuelo Jorge.‘The Loft Refúgio’ by Consuelo Jorge combines natural materials with sleek technology integration and contemporary forms. Cool, smooth concrete walls contrast a sloping façade of bamboo timber. Primitive materials such as stone, clay...
Organic Brutalism: Haight Fashion Store in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by MNMA Studio.Brazil-based architects MNMA Studio have completed a retail store for fashion brand Haight in the beachside suburb of Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, and the entire project is a how-to in organic brutalism. Faced with a challenging layout and...
CSF House in São Paulo, Brazil by Felipe Hess.Originally designed by modernist architect Zenon Lotufo in the late 1940s, this house in São Paulo, Brazil underwent a complete renovation and an extension designed by Felipe Hess. Initially a single-level house with ‘butterfly’...
Gallery Post // Jardins House by CR2 Arquitetura in São Paulo.CR2 Arquitetura designed Jardins House for a middle-aged couple and their daughter in São Paulo. The project arose from the idea of creating a private sanctuary in the dense urban landscape of Brazil's busiest city. The large concrete box...
Brazil Week // Round-up of Smokin’ Hot Brazilian Architecture, Part II.Oh no. Today is the last day of our Brazil Week guys. Are you sad? No? Well - you should be. But before you go off drowning your sorrows in pear cider and carbohydrates, we still have a fair bit of hot Brazilian action to get through....
