Brazil Art, architecture and travel
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Brazil - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Brazil.
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Arthur Casas’ Pacaembu House wins Best Urban Bolthole in Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024
Pacaembu House by Arthur Casas is a São Paulo residence that feels like an idyllic escape
By Scott Mitchem Published
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This Brazilian house uses concrete and wood to screen a sleek horizontal living space
The Brazilian house in Minas Gerais by Tetro Arquitetura is designed to elevate and simplify the art of one-level living
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Mario Cucinella's Nice headquarters in Brazil offers a bioclimatic take on industrial architecture
Comprising a manufacturing base and R&D Centre, the Nice headquarters in Brazil by Mario Cucinella Architects hail a new era for the company
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Casa Boa Vista is a Brazilian home that opens up to its natural views
Casa Boa Vista by Arthur Casas makes the most of transparencies and natural materials to highlight views and nature in Upstate São Paulo
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Roca São Paulo Gallery’s architecture is a tribute to the Atlantic Forest
Roca São Paulo Gallery designed by architect Fernanda Marques opens in Brazil
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Brazilian studio Rúina champions reuse and recycling in architecture and beyond
Brazil’s Rúina enters the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
By Nana Ama Owusu-Ansah Published
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A quiet residential oasis screens itself from a São Paulo suburb
FGMF Arquitetos have created a residential oasis; Casa Cumaru is a secluded masterpiece from steel, concrete, glass and wood
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Casa Monoculo offers a take on treetop living in Brazil
Casa Monoculo by architect Alan Chu is a house raised above the treetops in Alto Paraiso City, Brazil
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Café House in Brazil’s Minas Gerais slots into a sloping site
The Café House is a finely brewed mix of lightness and mass that blends a living space, sleeping area, and inner courtyard with the external landscape
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Modern courtyard house elevates site in Brasília through private oasis
A courtyard house conceals a private oasis behind its veiled brick façade in Brazil
By Jonathan Bell Published
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This extended 1970s classic home is a greatest hits of Brazilian design
This expansive São Paulo residential complex blends 1970s classic references, modernist design from all eras, bold new additions and a thorough internal restoration
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Fasano Itaim brings the hospitality brand full circle back to São Paulo
Fasano Itaim is the luxury Brazilian hospitality brand’s second outpost in São Paulo – and it just opened with a design by Studio MK27
By Scott Mitchem Published
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A spectacular treetop house in Brazil snakes through the forest canopy
Tetro architects have created an idiosyncratic treetop house in the forests of Nova Lima, a modern retreat raised up high above the forest floor
By Jonathan Bell Published
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A home for babassu harvesters in Brazil is centred on community
A rural hub in Brazil connects the babassu harvesters, a female community of workers in Maranhão
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Bottega Veneta celebrates Brazilian culture in São Paulo’s modernist Casa de Vidro
Italian fashion house Bottega Veneta reveals the latest chapter of its ‘The Square’ project, a travelling cultural series that seeks to provide a dialogue with countries around the world
By Jack Moss Published
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Brazil scoops 2023 Golden Lion award for national participation at the Venice Architecture Biennale
The Brazil Pavilion won the prestigious 2023 Golden Lion award for best national participation, as announced at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy this weekend - along with more honours for individual and country-led installations
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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The Museum of Amazonian Science offers global hope and sustainability
An environmentalist’s ambitious project includes the Museum of Amazonian Science in Brazil and fulfils his vision of powering up the local bioeconomy and saving humanity
By Scott Mitchem Published
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MJE House is a rural Brazilian retreat defined by its striking cantilever
MJE House by Jacobsen Arquitetura is an idyllic, rural Brazilian retreat defined by its contemporary forms and bold cantilever overlooking the countryside in Upstate São Paulo
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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A spectacular Brazilian church evokes the spirit of Niemeyer and Costa
ARQBR Arquitetura e Urbanismo has shaped a dramatic new concrete Brazilian church that emerges from the landscape of the country's Highlands
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Humberto Campana welcomes us to his new São Paulo studio
As one half of Estudio Campana, Humberto Campana built a reputation for elevating found objects into playful furnishings. We visit his new São Paulo studio as he embarks on a solo career
By Beta Germano Published
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Brazil family house by Estúdio Zargos bridges the gap between town and country
Estúdio Zargos designed this elegant modernist house for a steep site in Brazil’s Belo Horizonte
By Jonathan Bell Published
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Treehouse in the Brazilian forest draws on its wooded context
A treehouse by Studio MEMM blends organic forms and architectural gestures to create a space from which to enjoy the wooded natural surroundings
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Flag House brings Brazilian modernism to Canada’s Whistler
Flag House, Canada, by Studio MK27 wins Best Ski Retreat at the 2023 Wallpaper* Design Awards
By Ellie Stathaki Published
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Wentz presents innovative furniture incorporating ocean plastic waste
The ‘Mar’ collection by Guilherme Wentz is informed by the sea and features computerised 3D-weaving techniques to transform ocean-borne plastic
By Scott Mitchem Published
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34th São Paulo Bienal arrives at Luma Arles for first European presentation
An exhibition of highlights from the 34th São Paulo Bienal is at Luma Arles, marking its European and tour finale
By Martha Elliott Published
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Espasso launches Arthur Casas furniture in Miami
Design Miami 2022: Espasso presents new Arthur Casas furniture, unveiling the Tapajós collection inspired by Brazilian heritage
By Maria Sobrino Published
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Casa Higienópolis: a São Paulo mansion reborn to display the best of Brazilian style and history
Casa Higienópolis is the latest revival project by retail company Iguatemi, a mansion merging neoclassical style and Brazilian flair
By Scott Mitchem Published