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by Mrinmayee Bhoot Dec 03, 2025
The memorial, designed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos Associados, was built to commemorate the tragic loss of 272 lives after the collapse of the Córrego do Feijão dam.
by Bansari Paghdar Oct 16, 2025
For its sophomore year, the awards announced winners across 28 categories that forward a contextually and culturally diverse architectural ecosystem.
by Bansari Paghdar Jul 16, 2025
In Venice, the newly opened San Marco Art Centre's inaugural exhibition posits a retrospective look at the socio-political impacts of Seidler's polarising works in Australia.
by Dhwani Shanghvi May 31, 2025
Architects Office and Triptyque Architecture’s housing tower in Brazil integrates a sculptural form and biophilic design, reshaping Ecoville’s skyline with elevated wellness amenities.
by STIRworld Feb 11, 2025
The Rio de Janeiro based practice Siqueira+Azul expands an original Oscar Niemeyer house into the modern Itaúna House, integrating contemporary design with lush gardens.
by Ranjana Dave Sep 12, 2024
The curator discusses the Chinese artist’s first institutional survey in Europe, at Château La Coste, in a video interview with STIR.
by Nikitha Sunil Sep 05, 2024
Featuring exposed concrete, wooden accents and a single-volume layout, Casa PZ by mf+arquitetos blends materiality and landscape to create a dynamic living space.
by Vladimir Belogolovsky Aug 29, 2024
Vladimir Belogolovsky discusses the role of digital fabrication in the architecture of Wilson Barbosa Neto and Renata La Rocca of Protobox in Campinas, Brazil.
by Mrinmayee Bhoot Aug 24, 2024
The landscape architecture and urban planning intervention by the Rio-based firm Ecomimesis rejuvenate part of the Olympic Park built for the 2016 Rio Olympics into a lively public space.
by Dhwani Shanghvi May 27, 2024
In Paraty, Brazil, a circular, unobstructed volume conceived in bamboo with a blue-green clay tiled plumage imitates the gentle motion of a native bird’s landing.
by Zohra Khan Jan 26, 2024
The São Paulo-based studio’s Pacaembu House makes use of a sloping site and a seemingly forested neighbourhood by turning into a discrete social activator for its owners.
by Almas Sadique Oct 21, 2023
The residential building in Brasilia, Brazil, draws inspiration from the aesthetics and themes often explored in Studio Ghibli animation films.
by Sneha Shah Jul 04, 2023
The Church of the Holy Family by ARQBR Arquitetura e Urbanismo emerges from Brazil's landscape and embraces raw modernity with concrete monoliths and geometric forms.
by STIRworld Jun 26, 2023
The Cafe House by Brazilian studio TETRO Architecture delves into the intertwining of the essence of coffee with design sensibilities of residential architecture.
by Amarjeet Singh Tomar Jun 21, 2023
Brazilian architect Denis Joelsons reinvents an old family home situated in an expansive property near São Paulo in Brazil by delicately merging modern needs with local aesthetics.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 20, 2023
In São Paulo, the famed museum's renovation has introduced a new concrete and steel core with an underground addition that redefines its relationship to the landscape surrounding it.
by Jincy Iype Mar 02, 2023
Designed as a 'house within a house,' Casa Vista by Studio MK27 rests atop a 46m tall cliff in the seaside town of Trancoso in Brazil, made conspicuous with its theatrical horizontality.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 24, 2023
As a simple concrete block stretching 36.5 metres, with rope brise-soleil dressing its exterior, this home by mf+arquitetos in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, hovers over the site.
by Jerry Elengical Feb 03, 2023
At the highest point of an uneven site near São Paulo, Brazil, the house by Felipe Caboclo Arquitectura has massing composed of alternating solids and voids to conserve privacy.
by Sunena V Maju Oct 12, 2022
In São Paulo, Studio Guilherme Torres etches cuboidal volumes for a country home that aims to reconnect with nature amid the Atlantic Forest.
by Sunena V Maju Sep 24, 2022
The winners of the Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2022 respond to social issues and extend an architectural responsibility toward communities, culture and environment.
by Jerry Elengical Aug 10, 2022
Perched atop stilts that blend in with the surrounding tree trunks on a sloped site in the Minas Gerais region, this concrete and glass shelter conforms to the flow of its context.
by Jerry Elengical May 10, 2022
Featuring vertical gardens that evoke the spirit of the Amazon through biophilic design, this mixed-use complex presents a new naturalist manifesto in the city of lights.
by Jerry Elengical May 03, 2022
Designed by Brazilian practice Marcos Bertoldi Arquitetos, this residence blurs divisions between interior and exterior with a decidedly tropical and contemporary aesthetic.
by STIRworld May 02, 2022
The Oscar Niemeyer Pavilion at Château La Coste in Aix-En-Provence is the last of the architect’s modernist works in France.
by André Aranha Corrêa do Lago Apr 21, 2022
The Brazilian Ambassador to India, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago pens an account of Brazil’s now global architectural identity, and the exhibitions in Delhi commemorating the bicentennial.
by Jerry Elengical Apr 19, 2022
STIR visits the Building Brazil 1822-2022: 200 Years of Independence photo exhibition at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, charting a course through the country’s rich architectural history.
by Jerry Elengical Mar 18, 2022
Designed to have minimal impact upon its site, this residence allows its inhabitants to remain in constant contact with nature, with an open layout that eschews excessive enclosure.
by Zohra Khan Jan 21, 2022
Brazilian architect Fernando Campana talks about his curiosity for space and cinema, and his journey of becoming a designer who trusts creative chaos and an unprogrammed life.
by Meghna Mehta Jul 29, 2020
Designed by Bruno Rossi Arquitetos and Piratininga Arquitetos Associados, the residential building in São Paulo pays ode to the original mix of brutalist and traditional architecture.
by Meghna Mehta May 20, 2020
The Brazilian architect builds Rammed Earth Retreat with a low-tech design approach, turns a house from 1980s into an environmentally responsive and visually appealing place.
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