Brazilian Architecture
Architecture and design practice in Brazil, from residential projects to cultural institutions and experimental approaches.
Daniel Fromer Threads a Timber House Through the Almond, Palm and Coconut Trees of Southern Bahia
In Santo André, Bahia, Nana House splits a retreat into raised timber pavilions placed wherever the existing almond, palm and coconut trees allowed.
Tadu Arquitetura Turns Rio's First Granado Factory into a Food Hall Built Around a Brick Courtyard
In downtown Rio de Janeiro, five historic buildings on Rua do Senado become three restaurants and leisure rooms that leave the old fabric on display.
Cerron Arquitectos Lines the CASACOR Peru 2026 Entrance with Bamboo Canopies Shaped Like Flower Petals
In Santiago de Surco, a 120 m² sequence of lashed bamboo canopies turns the Jockey Club access road into a shaded threshold between city and exhibition.
Felipe Hess Arquitetos Turns a Blind Stone Wall to the Street and Opens a Brazilian House onto a Courtyard and Canal
A canal-front house in Brazil hides behind painted stone and planting, then opens to an olive-tree courtyard, a reed-ceilinged porch and a curving pool.
Novais Arquitetura Brings the Ceará Backlands into a 1970s Seafront Apartment in Fortaleza
On Avenida Beira-Mar in Fortaleza, a 203 m² renovation answers a client's brief for a sertão facing the sea with concrete, timber, and local craft.
efcarquitetura Bends a Single Line of Fins into Structure and Sun Shade for a House in Rural São Paulo
In Taquaritinga, Brazil, a 214 m² house curves a row of fins around its garden so that the structure itself does the shading in a warming climate.
Huma Arquitetura Turns a Botafogo Penthouse into a Striped, Tiled Home for a Rio Theater Director
In Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, a 180 m² penthouse for a young actress uses stripes, checkered tile and blue glaze to feel like a house.
Marcio Kogan and studio mk27 Tuck a Lattice-Screened Timber Box Between Stone Walls Near Punta del Este
Near Punta del Este, Uruguay, a single-level house uses local stone walls, a rustic concrete slab and mashrabiya shutters to find privacy on open ground.
Marcio Kogan Rotates the Brazilian Veranda Ninety Degrees to Organize a São Paulo Family House
In São Paulo, House 6 stacks a concrete box over an open veranda on pilotis, making covered outdoor living the organizing room of the home.
Tadu Arquitetura Turns a São Paulo Street Corner into a Red-Awninged Pasta Bar Built for Shared Tables
In Itaim Bibi, São Paulo, Marmotta Pasta Bar fuses brand, facade, dining room and kitchen into one red-and-timber room that opens to the street corner.
Nommo Arquitetos and Coti Arquitetura Float a White Box over a Timber Base on a Wedge-Shaped Curitiba Lot
In Curitiba, Casa Luna stacks a white volume over a timber base and turns a tight triangular lot toward a pool, a garden and the araucarias.
Felipe Hess Arquitetos Pushes a São Paulo House to the Edge of Its Corner Lot to Free a 600 m² Garden
On a 1,000 m² corner lot in São Paulo, a brick, timber and concrete house claims only 40% of the ground and turns every room toward one continuous garden.
Basiches Arquitetos Wraps a São Paulo Gym in Iridescent Glass Above a Board-Formed Concrete Base
In São Paulo, a 507 m² fitness club pairs a color-shifting glass screen with timber, raw concrete and a bridge suspended over the training floor.
Estúdio Rossi Arquitetos Sets Two Eucalyptus Glulam Pavilions on a Concrete Base for a Family Home in Atibaia
On a sloping lot in Atibaia, Brazil, a social and a private glulam pavilion meet at a stone courtyard, built for year-round life with four children.
AtelierM Wraps a Tigre House in a Walkable Concrete Roof That Loops from the Street Corner to the Lagoon
In Tigre, Argentina, a 320 m² house turns its back on the street corner and climbs, terrace by terrace, toward a lagoon around a central water courtyard.
Grizzo Studio Threads a Concrete and Stone House Between Thirty-Nine Trees in the Cariló Forest
In Cariló, Argentina, a 582 m² house of board-formed concrete, rubble stone and timber slats bends around the mature trees it was designed to keep.
extrastudio Paints an 1893 Lisbon House Ultramarine and Cuts It Open into a Triple-Height Home
In Lisbon's Marvila district, the first of extrastudio's casas poveras extends a modest 1893 house in single-day lime plaster and bare scratch coat.
Matéria Base Grows a Rammed Earth and Timber House out of a Mantiqueira Hillside in Joanópolis
In Joanópolis, Brazil, Matéria Base builds a 497 m² mountain house of earthen walls, stone piers and sawtooth timber roofs gathered around a pond.
Ana Sawaia Arquitetura Restores Vilanova Artigas's 1956 Muxarabi House in São Paulo
A São Paulo renovation keeps Artigas's raised concrete grid and lattice-screened veranda while reopening the ground floor as a garden room.
Ultra Arquitetura Reworks a Porto Alegre House around a Brick Courtyard, a Pool Pavilion and a Eucalyptus Garden
In Porto Alegre, a cramped existing house gains a rear pavilion, pool and walled courtyard, stitched together with brick, concrete and timber.
