The 7 Patios House is located in a private condominium in Nova Lima, Brazil. The site has a slight slope, no vegetation, and is located close to the condominium limits. Right outside this limit is a highway. The noise from cars can be heard from inside the land. Right in front of the land, across the highway, a factory can be seen, so the best view...
Project name
7 Pátios House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Photography
Gustavo Xavier
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Collaborators
Laura Georgia Rodrigues Layoun, Natália Castro, Déborah Martins
Structural engineer
M Estruturas
Environmental & MEP
Daisy Fernanda de Souza
Construction
Fábio Soares
Material
Concrete, glass, steel, wood, stone
Typology
Residential › House
This house, set on a steep slope covered with typical Brazilian savanna vegetation, is located in front of a preserved area facing mountain views. Its location strategy, longitudinal to the terrain’s contour lines, is defined by the extensive cover concrete slab, which is fluidly inserted according to the specific needs of the program and the terra...
Project name
Inclined Slab House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Photography
Jomar Bragança, Augusto Custódio
Principal architect
Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Structural engineer
Márcio gonçalves
Construction
TETRO Arquitetura e Engenharia / DMC Construtura
Material
Concrete, Wood, Glass, Steel
Typology
Residential › House
On this 713 sq.m plot, located in a residential condominium, there is a solitary pequi native tree, legally protected and very representative of the Central Brazilian region of the Cerrado. Adjacent to the lot, a green non-buildable area, still flourishing, promises to become a densely wooded forest, a common green space to the residents of the con...
Architecture firm
ARQBR Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Location
Asa Sul, Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Principal architect
Eder Alencar, André Velloso
Design team
Maria Clara Gabriele, Marcelo Braga
Collaborators
Luan Torres
Civil engineer
André Torres
Structural engineer
André Torres
Landscape
Mariana Siqueira
Construction
Centra Engenharia
Material
Structure and floor in cast-in-place concrete, glass and aluminum frames, movable steel and wood panels
Typology
Residential › House
The residential project Annex to the Mairiporã Cottage took a year to be built with architectural design by partners Carlos Duarte and Juliana Nogueira - Macro Arquitetos, in Mairiporã, a town near São Paulo, Brasil. Made for a young couple looking for a haven in the countryside near the capital, the clients, who are from the countryside and lived...
Project name
Anexo Chalé Mairiporã
Architecture firm
Macro Arquitetos
Location
Mairiporã, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Victor Affaro
Principal architect
Carlos Duarte, Juliana Nogueira
Interior design
Macro Arquitetos
Material
Concrete, stone, glass, wood, steel
Typology
Residential › House
Located in the mountainous region of the State of São Paulo, this project embodies the desire for the architecture to emerge from nature, being as much a part of it as the existing surroundings.
Project name
Umuarama Residence
Architecture firm
Victor B. Ortiz Architecture
Location
Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil
Tools used
Rhinoceros 3D, Autodesk 3ds Max, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Victor B. Ortiz
Design team
Victor B. Ortiz, Renata Leinemann
Collaborators
Renata Leinemann
Visualization
Kern Studio
Status
Conceptcept - Design
Typology
Residential › House
Supported by a grant from the Getty Foundation, the newly enhanced digital atlas will allow users to view thousands of digitized archival photographs, architectural plans, and landscapes that animate Rio’s evolving cityscape.
Photography
Courtesy imagineRio
In the Seriema house, a winding wall divides two opposite spaces; the sun and the shade, mountain and groove, social and intimate, gaping and hidden, explicit and enigmatic.
Project name
Seriema House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Brumadinho, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential › House
The mount house rests gently on the land, forming a pilotis. The place has a golf course as a backyard, and was designed as a field extension.
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo