MIT Senseable City Lab uses 3D laser scans to map Rio de Janeiro's favelas
This one-minute video shows how MIT Senseable City Lab is using 3D laser scanning to analyse the architecture of Brazil's favelas. More
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Green tiles fill renovated São Paulo apartment by Casulo
Green tilework in multiple rooms is contrasted with terracotta plaster at this São Paulo apartment, renovated for a couple by local studio Casulo. More
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Studio MK27 raises house on concrete pilotis in the Brazilian rainforest
Brazilian architecture firm Studio MK27 has completed Caza Azul, a concrete home in the state of São Paulo that was elevated from the ground to better integrate with the surrounding landscape. More
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GOAA turns São Paulo car dealership into light-filled Camino School
Brazilian studio GOAA has converted a concrete car dealership into a school complete with circus equipment, a glazed elevator and a rooftop ball court. More
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Tetro Arquitetura uses black stilts to lift angular house in Brazilian forest
Tetro Arquitetura has lifted an angular, lily-shaped home on stilts in a lush Brazilian forest in a way that prevented the unnecessary removal of surrounding trees. More
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Safdie Architects vaults glass atrium over indoor garden at São Paulo medical centre
Safdie Architects has oriented a medical centre in Brazil around a massive atrium with a glass ceiling that was designed to evoke "the feeling of being under a tree canopy". More
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Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos adds two bedrooms on top of Florianópolis home
Jobim Carlevaro Arquitetos has renovated this home in Florianópolis, Brazil adding add two bedrooms to the building and updating its finishes for a young family. More
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Studio Dlux converts industrial buildings into Red House School in São Paulo
Brazil-based Studio Dlux has added playful elements to an international school in São Paulo that is housed within former warehouses. More
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Luciano Basso raises concrete home around tree in southern Brazil
Luciano Basso has completed a concrete home in the forests of southern Brazil that is built around a mature Paraná pine tree. More
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Estúdio Penha uses salvaged brick for rustic CS House in Brazil
Salvaged brick, an expansive skylight and exposed interior utilitarian elements feature in a country house designed by Brazilian firm Estúdio Penha. More
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Laurent Troost creates Tropical Shed as archaeologist's office in Brazil
Laurent Troost Architectures has completed an office in Brazil for an archaeological consultancy, adding a garden courtyard and trellises for vines. More
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Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos wraps Curitiba residence with wooden curtain
A screen made up of chevron-patterned wooden planks shrouds the exterior of this residence with a spiral staircase in Curitiba, by local firm Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos. More
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Studio MK27 nests living areas under giant roof of Brazilian beach house
Studio MK27 has designed a Brazilian seaside villa with wide openings to frame views of the surrounding landscape "like a wide-angle camera". More
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Studio Melina Romano gets creative with fibreboard at Casa Alma in São Paulo
Mossy gardens and curved elements made of medium-density fibreboard feature in an apartment-style exhibition space in São Paulo designed by Studio Melina Romano. More
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ARQBR weaves open space into Couri House in Brasília
Architecture firm ARQBR has completed a family house in Brasília that features a ribbon-shaped plan and a central courtyard with a swimming pool. More
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Grassy courtyard forms heart of Brazilian house by Shieh Arquitetos
Shieh Arquitetos Associados has organised this residence in Brazil around a lush courtyard so that its residents can "step onto grass from the bedrooms". More
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Palicourea House by Bloco Arquitetos steps down hillside in rural Brazil
Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has created a nature retreat for a landscape architect and her family that features brick walls and glue-laminated timber roofs. More
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Light wells puncture roof of concrete house in Brasília by Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura
Brazilian architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco Arquitetura has built a concrete home in Brasília made up of three volumes, each lit by a central light well carved out of its angular roof. More
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KS Arquitetos completes stilted Mirador House overlooking Brazil's Lake Guaíba
Brazilian studio KS Arquitetos has designed a home in Porto Alegre that is elevated on stilts so that it peers over the treetops and out onto Lake Guaíba. More
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Bold colours fill São Paulo apartment by Julliana Camargo
Peach, green and purple are among the vivid hues found in an urban apartment designed by Studio Julliana Camargo for a fashion editor. More
