Miguel Rio Branco Gallery / By Arquitetos Associados

Brumadinho, MG, Brazil
Arquitetos Associados
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Photo © Courtesy of Leonardo Finotti

Located on a sloping terrain, surrounded by forest, this pavilion redesigned the topography so that the volume of the building blends.

Decameron / By Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan

São Paulo, Brazil
Studio MK27-Marcio Kogan
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Photo © Courtesy of Pedro Vannucchi

World Architecture Festival 2011 - Category Winner: SHOPPING

The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo.

The Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro Interior / By Philippe Starck

Avenida Vieira Souto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Philippe Starck

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Photo © Courtesy of The Hotel Fasano & Philippe Starck

Architect Philippe Starck may have turned the design commandment that “form follows function” on its head when he created the new Hotel Fasano on Ipanema Beach, a hangout for wealthy hipsters who value aesthetics over attention.

R.R. House / By Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados

Itamambuca, São Paulo, Brazil
Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Kon--The quasi-industrial feel of the house is offset by the towering wall of greenery that surrounds it.

This summer house is situated only a few meters from the sea, on the north coast of the State of São Paulo, a place with exuberant vegetation and hot humid climate.

Cidade da Música Roberto Marinho / By Atelier Christian de Portzamparc

Barra de Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Kon

Barra de Tijuca is a new town in Rio de Janeiro’s southern outskirts. It is a long plain that lacks strong architectural events and urban marks.

Boaçava House / By MMBB Arquitetos

São Paulo, Brazil
MMBB Arquitetos
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Kon

Concrete House architecture designed by MMBB Arquitetos named Boacava house. Development constructed from genuine concept with encouragement between interior and exterior.

Barra Funda I Apartment Interior : By Kwartet Arquitetura

São Paulo, Brazil
Kwartet Arquitetura
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Photo © Courtesy of Kwartet Arquitetura

This apartment interior designed by Kwartet Arquitetura in São Paulo, Brazil. The designer make a few changes to improved and rearranged the master bedroom and closet to create a clean, neat and cozy area.

House in Jardim Pernambuco 2 : By Progetto Arquitetura

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Progetto Arquitetura
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Photo © Courtesy of Denílson Machado
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The guideline was to promote a maximum integration between the internal and the external areas, using a contemporary language.

House in Santa Teresa : By SPBR Architects

Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
SPBR Architects
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Santa Teresa is a historical neighborhood that offers some great views of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Japanese Immigration Memorial : By Gustavo Penna and Associates

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Gustavo Penna and Associates
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Photo © Courtesy of Jomar Bragança

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Japanese Immigration Memorial is located in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil and it has been designed by the Brazillian architecture firm Gustavo Penna and Associates.

RR House Interior : By Studio Guilherme Torres

São Paulo, Brazil
Studio Guilherme Torres
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Photo © Courtesy of Denilson Machado (MCA Estúdio)

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The young architect Guilherme Torres was called to redesign this duplex apartment penthouse in the Itaim neighbourhood, in São Paulo, Brazil.

FJ House Interior : By Studio Guilherme Torres

São Paulo, Brazil
Studio Guilherme Torres
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Photo © Courtesy of MCA Estúdio

Description from Studio Guilherme Torres:

Young, single, businessman and DJ. The owner of this apartment, located in the West side of São Paulo, wanted to keep living near his company and at the same time grant his new house all the modernity that represents this moment of his life.

Vitra in Sao Paulo : By Daniel Libeskind

Sao Paulo, Brazil
Daniel Libeskind
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Image © Courtesy of Daniel Libeskind--evening view

Daniel libeskind has designed 'vitra' in são paulo, a high-end residential building for brazilian real estate company JHSF. it will be the first project in south america by the award-winning polish-born american architect.

Youturn Pavilion : By UNStudio

Sao Paulo, Brazil
UNStudio
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Photo © Courtesy of UNStudio & Ding Musa

UNStudio shared their new pavilion for the 29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  The project is intended to encourage interaction between the participants and visitors by creating a place for display, discussion, and debate. An artistic expression that also functions programmatically, the pavilion embodies the dynamic geometry and spatial qualities common in the firm’s work.

Carapicuiba house : By Angelo Bucci & Alvaro Puntoni

Carapicuíba, São Paulo, Brazil
Angelo Bucci & Alvaro Puntoni
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Kon

Geographic conditions
The most remarkable feature of the site where the house is located is its depression, in topographical terms. From the street, we cannot clearly see its ground level because the ground surface falls abruptly into a little valley and woods: a stage 6 m below.

Garden House : By David Guerra Architecture

Brazil
David Guerra Architecture
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Photo © Courtesy of Jomar Braganç

Brazillian architect David Guerra has completed a remodel of a 1980′s house in Brazil.
An 80’s house. The director of a company, with the head office in London chooses a house in the 80’s decade, projected by a big architect, to transform it into your residence in Brazil. The office was hired to make a reconstruction and interiors project. One of the main wishes was to make the interior/exterior integration bigger, making the garden participate in the day-by-day of the house, bringin more light to the rooms that used to be too dark.

Museum of Modern Art : By Metro Arquitetos Associados + Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Santos, Brazil
Metro Arquitetos Associados + Paulo Mendes da Rocha
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Photo © Courtesy of Metro Arquitetos Associados

Check out Santos, Brazil’s new Museum of Modern Art designed by Metro Arquitetos Associados and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. Officially opened,  the museum is visually shocking as the gigantic volume seems to be hovering over an open gathering space.  Metal

House Carqueija : By Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados

Camaçari, Brazil
Bento e Azevedo Arquitetos Associados
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Photo © Courtesy of Tarso Figueira

Located in Camaçari – Bahia – Brazil, the HOUSE CARQUEIJA is about 260,00 sqm in a 1.400,00 sqm site, with a reduced program, and no unused spaces, the house is intended to be more site sensitive, emphasize the outside life, and provide functional and comfortable living spaces. With a simple and efficient plan, it is a ground floor house with 2 rooms, a chapel and a large and flexible social area, which integrate living, dining and tv room in a open space, linked to the outside area through a porch.

Club NOX : By Metro Arquitectura

Recife, Brazil
Metro Arquitectura
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Photo © Courtesy of Metro Arquitectura

The commission from three young entrepreneurs, two of them DJ’s with a growing reputation, was to create a dance club never seen in Recife, that could become a reference in Brazil and even in the world. It should be divided in two main spaces, the dance floor and a lounge area with an open terrace to the sky. The building site, a lot located in a corner at one of the most important avenues of Recife.

BR House : By Marcio Kogan

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Marcio Kogan
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Photo © Courtesy of Nelson Kon

In terms of an architectural proposition, the BR House located in the countryside could not be more intriguing: situated within the dense and impressive Rain Forest, circumscribing and penetrating the area, dominates all senses. The circumstances, from the inception, forces fundamental questions for architecture: how can architecture present itself and, if making itself present, how can it deliberately show itself as construction? A chalet or any other mimicry of puristic architecture, comfortably absorbed by the landscape, is a banal dissembling response; a denial of the confrontation which would deprive the traces of the radicalness and vigor arising from this contrast.