Studio Arthur Casas uses books to brighten "austere" law office in Brazil
Bookcases and partitions appear not to meet the ground at this chocolate-coloured workplace in São Paulo, by Studio Arthur Casas. More
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Swimming pool serves as centrepiece of São Paulo apartment by Fernanda Marques
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
Grooved white panels divide São Paulo apartment by David Ito
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
Terra e Tuma creates narrow concrete house for dense area of São Paulo
Brazilian studio Terra e Tuma has designed a slender urban home with concrete block walls and rooms organised around two interior courtyards. More
Compact architects' office in São Paulo features wooden meeting cube
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
TRIA Arquitetura creates flexible living spaces within compact São Paulo apartment
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
Isay Weinfeld reveals irregularly stacked tower block for São Paulo
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
Vão Arquitetura organises São Paulo boutique around indoor garden
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
MNMA Studio gives São Paulo fashion store a stark makeover
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
Reflecting pool divides two wings of São Paulo house by Jacobsen Arquitetura
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
Jean Nouvel designs plant-covered hotel for historic district of São Paulo
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
Gui Mattos perches timber-clad box on top of pyramidal ceiling at Brazilian beach house
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
Concrete volume appears to rest on glass in Brazilian house by FGMF Arquitetos
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
Translucent panels create glowing facade for São Paulo gallery by Metro
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
SuperLimão strips back São Paulo apartment in Oscar Niemeyer-designed building
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
Plant-filled courtyards create natural enclaves in Brazilian home by AMZ Arquitetos
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
Campana brothers use hollow terracotta blocks for São Paulo Aesop store
Fernando and Humberto Campana have become the latest designers to create a shop interior for Aesop – using traditional Brazilian cobogó bricks. More
Apartment in São Paulo transformed to create home and studio for an illustrator
A translucent fold-up doorway separates a studio from a living room in this apartment created for a São Paulo-based illustrator who works from home. More
São Paulo's Galeria Millan opens new exhibition gallery with huge sliding doors
Twelve years after designing the Galeria Millan exhibition space in São Paulo, architects Sérgio Kipnis and Fernando Millan have added an annex that reveals its contents to the street. More
Alan Chu adds rehearsal studio with huge doors to the home of a Brazilian actor
Tall translucent doors open two sides of this theatrical rehearsal space created by Brazilian architect Alan Chu for an actor in São Paulo (+ slideshow). More