This fabulous apartment called the FJ House is owned by a young and single businessman by day DJ by night in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Designed by Studio Guilherme Torres, the owner of this 1,453 square foot (135 square meters) apartment desired to continue living in close proximity to his company, yet at the same time […]
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Bold and colorful design with shipping containers
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan of Studio mk27 has received the world’s best shopping building award from the World Architecture Festival for ‘Decameron’, a retail store in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The economic solution to a rented site and limited budget, the displays of this shop are placed within two rows of stacked shipping containers which are […]
The Chimney House in Sao Paulo
The Chimney House has been designed by architects Studio MK27/Marcio Kogan in Sao Paulo, Brazil. A wooden patio with trees, formed by the volumetry of the house and a concrete wall, articulates the entire program of the 4,305 square foot (400 square meters) home. The living room is enclosed in the boxed ground floor of […]
Eco-Luxury Winter Loft in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Fernanda Marques a Brazil-based architect studio designed this luxury sustainable winter loft for the Casa Cor 2010 exhibit in Sao Paulo. Described as, “A house that expands your horizons, that doesn’t confine, that is virtually and concretely open to the world, nature and its inhabitants. Fernanda Marques’s project for the Casa Cor 2010 exhibit was […]
Amazonian jungle house blurs indoor-outdoor boundaries
Carved out of the Brazilian jungle of Iporanga, Sao Paulo, Brazil, this beautiful tropical house was designed by the architect Arthur Casas as his personal dream house. The architect stated that he had always dreamed of having a home in the middle of the forest, a space where he could relax and unwind. The dwelling is formed into […]
Modern and functional Sao Paulo escape: Sumaré House
Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto designed the Sumaré House, in Sao Paulo, Brazil for a graphic designer who desired a “spacious house, where she could work, exercise, entertain friends and, of course, live in.” The plot is not a small one 7,535 square feet (700 square meters), but due to height restriction laws, the building could not exceed […]