Brazilian firm Kruchin Arquitetura has added a concrete and glass extension to a family dwelling it completed in São Paulo over three decades ago. More about Kruchin Arquitetura adds concrete library to Capobianco House in São Paulo
Brazilian firm Laurent Troost Architects has built a concrete house in the Amazon, featuring outdoor living areas and a swimming pool that are elevated above the dense tropical forest surrounds. More about Laurent Troost Architects folds weathered steel roof over concrete house in Brazilian Amazon
Brazilian firm Solo Arquitetos sourced red-hued stones from a local quarry and repurposed bricks from a defunct factory to build this vacation home near Brazil's Paranapanema river. More about Solo Arquitetos builds Brazilian holiday home Casa do Lago using reclaimed bricks and local stones
Architecture studio YTA has used traditional Brazilian cobogó bricks to create screens that help keep this home in São Paulo naturally lit and well ventilated. More about "Lace-like" terracotta screens keep Cobogó House in São Paulo airy and light
Architecture studio MAPA and its prefabricated building company Minimod have completed this residence in Brazil, using black walls and a green roof to help blend in with its remote woodland surrounds. More about MAPA hides prefab Minimod Curucaca in Brazilian forest
Retractable glass walls, wooden screens and a verdant green roof are among the features that global firm Perkins+Will has included in this family dwelling to offer a strong connection to nature. More about Perkins+Will incorporates biophilic design principles into Ribeirão Preto Residence in Brazil
Screens made from eucalyptus run along the front of this long and thin prefab residence, which São Paulo firm Studio MK27 has completed on a farm tucked into the rolling hills of Catuçaba, Brazil. More about Studio MK27 completes slender off-grid Catuçaba house on Brazil farm
Architecture firm Estúdio 41 has designed this small, white house in Brazil to be highly sustainable, including photovoltaic panels, a green roof and a rainwater collection system. More about Estúdio 41 tops small white Brazilian house with roof garden
This concrete coastal house in Brazil was designed by locally based Martins Lucena Architects to capture prevailing breezes and minimise solar heat gain. More about Martins Lucena uses slatted wood and tile screens to let the breeze into IF House in Brazil
Brazilian firm Terra e Tuma Arquitetos has designed a U-shaped residence with an outdoor swimming pool in the middle, while also integrating the home into a hillside. More about Courtyard patio doubles as "a small beach" at Brazil's Casa João de Barro
A glass-bottomed pool forms a massive window to the concrete garage underneath this home in Brazil's Porto Alegre, designed by locally based Hype Studio, where over 40 antique cars can be stored. More about Brazilian house Jardim do Sol sits atop garage for owner's antique cars
Brazilian studio Bloco Arquitetos has designed a spacious family home comprising irregularly stacked boxes, which form a series of courtyards and terraces. More about Bloco Arquitetos creates all-white House of Courtyards in Brasília
Brazilian architect Flavio Castro of FCstudio has built a one-bedroom home for himself in São Paulo, with nearly all of the rooms able to fully open to the outdoors thanks to sliding walls. More about Sliding and pivoting walls open up Box House in São Paulo by FCstudio
Brazilian firm Studio MK27 has renovated and enlarged a house designed by its founding partner in the early 2000s, which features white surfaces and huge windows that open to the garden. More about Studio MK27 updates and expands Gama Issa house in São Paulo
Brazilian firm Bloco Arquitetos has completed a white house in the country's capital, comprising geometric blocks that create an interplay of shadow and light. More about Stacked white volumes form Morrone House in Brazil by Bloco Arquitetos
Three rectangular volumes of concrete, wood and stone face the street from this "brutal integrated loft" in Brazil, by local architecture firm UABI. More about Material trio forms windowless front of UABI's Alpha House in Brazil
A ramped walkway and staircases lead like a "continuous drawing" through the stepped levels of this concrete house in Brazil, designed by Una Arquitetos, to end at a lush garden on its roof. More about Casa em Cotia in São Paulo features a snaking pond and a rooftop garden
Brazilian firm Studio Arthur Casas has worked with a startup to create a highly flexible, prefabricated home that avoids the "negative surprises" typical in conventional projects. More about Studio Arthur Casas designs prefabricated home for SysHaus
A stark white palette is used both outside and in this Brazilian home, designed by local firm Bloco Arquitetos as a series of angular volumes on a steep site. More about Bloco Arquitetos gives "abstract character" to Cora House in Brasília
Bamboo slats are laid diagonally between the dark vertical ribs of this residence in Brazil, by architecture firm Vilela Florez. More about Vilela Florez designs Bamboo House with chevron-patterned exterior in rural Brazil