Wooden shutters fold open along the length of this Brazilian home's upper storey, which global architecture firm Perkins+Will raised on thin columns to create a shaded outdoor living space underneath. More about Perkins+Will places shuttered bedrooms atop pilotis at São Paulo house
Studio Guilherme Torres has transformed a family home in Brazil into a contemporary pad for a DJ and music producer. More about Studio Guilherme Torres brings "rock 'n' roll" atmosphere to São Paulo house
Brazilian firm Estúdio BRA Arquitetura has designed a compact house for a long and narrow parcel of land, incorporating front and rear courtyards, and a rooftop deck. More about Estúdio BRA creates slender urban home for young couple in São Paulo
Bookcases and partitions appear not to meet the ground at this chocolate-coloured workplace in São Paulo, by Studio Arthur Casas. More about Studio Arthur Casas uses books to brighten "austere" law office in Brazil
Swimmers in a pool at this renovated residence in São Paulo can be watched from the living room through thick glass panels, like fish in an aquarium tank. More about Swimming pool serves as centrepiece of São Paulo apartment by Fernanda Marques
A striped wall concealing private spaces folds back to reveal the kitchen inside this apartment in São Paulo, designed by local studio David Ito Arquitetura. More about Grooved white panels divide São Paulo apartment by David Ito
Brazilian studio Terra e Tuma has designed a slender urban home with concrete block walls and rooms organised around two interior courtyards. More about Terra e Tuma creates narrow concrete house for dense area of São Paulo
Brazilian architecture firm Estúdio BG has designed its own offices, where a meeting room is housed in a timber-clad volume and white surfaces create a bright working environment. More about Compact architects' office in São Paulo features wooden meeting cube
Brazilian architecture studio TRIA Arquitetura has overhauled a 27-square-metre apartment in São Paulo, with the aim of making the space more adaptable to its tenants. More about TRIA Arquitetura creates flexible living spaces within compact São Paulo apartment
Brazilian architect Isay Weinfeld has designed a tower for São Paulo comprising four irregularly stacked volumes fringed with greenery, which is expected to complete later this year. More about Isay Weinfeld reveals irregularly stacked tower block for São Paulo
An opening in the roof sheds light on this concrete-lined boutique in São Paulo, which Brazilian studio Vão Arquitetura has designed around a lush indoor garden. More about Vão Arquitetura organises São Paulo boutique around indoor garden
There are barely any clothes in this minimal fashion boutique in São Paulo, which local firm MNMA Studio has expanded with a glass-fronted corridor to join its two sides. More about MNMA Studio gives São Paulo fashion store a stark makeover
A decked walkway extends across the surface of a shallow pool to separate the two main wings of this house in São Paulo, which are lined with rows of timber columns. More about Reflecting pool divides two wings of São Paulo house by Jacobsen Arquitetura
Ateliers Jean Nouvel has released new renderings for its plant-covered luxury hotel adjoining a former maternity hospital in São Paulo, which will feature interiors by Philippe Starck. More about Jean Nouvel designs plant-covered hotel for historic district of São Paulo
A concrete ceiling in the form of an inverted pyramid opens up towards its edges to provide views of the surrounding rainforest from inside this house close to Brazil's Itamambuca beach. More about Gui Mattos perches timber-clad box on top of pyramidal ceiling at Brazilian beach house
Brazilian firm FGMF Arquitetos has built a São Paulo home around a steel frame embedded into a concrete wall, allowing the use of extensive glazing that offers views down a verdant hillside. More about Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
Polycarbonate panels run along the base of this gallery in São Paulo by local architects Metro, flooding the space with natural light during the day and transmitting light from within at night. More about Translucent panels create glowing facade for São Paulo gallery by Metro
This apartment inside a São Paulo block designed by the late modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer has been overhauled to reveal its original ribbed ceiling and board-marked concrete walls. More about SuperLimão strips back São Paulo apartment in Oscar Niemeyer-designed building
São Paulo firm AMZ Arquitetos has built a home in the city that expands onto a verdant lawn, while a series of planted spaces open to the sky continue the greenery through the property. More about Plant-filled courtyards create natural enclaves in Brazilian home by AMZ Arquitetos
Fernando and Humberto Campana have become the latest designers to create a shop interior for Aesop – using traditional Brazilian cobogó bricks. More about Campana brothers use hollow terracotta blocks for São Paulo Aesop store