UNA arquitetos / UNA barbara e valentim: Built on the top of Serra da Mantiqueira, about 200 km from São Paulo, the house was implanted in a clearing in the middle of a dense forest, between a hillside and a stream. The house is divided into two parts, a semi-buried platform, which defines an internal patio around the social area and a suspended vo...
Project name
Mantiqueira House
Architecture firm
UNA arquitetos: Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas. now partners at UNA barbara e valentim
Location
São Bento do Sapucaí, São Paulo state, Brazil
Principal architect
Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara, Fernando Viégas
Collaborators
Ana Paula Castro, Bruno Gondo, Carolina Klocker, Eduardo Martorelli, Igor Cortinove, Jimmy Liendo, Joaquin Gak, Marcos Bresser, Marie Lartigue, Marta Onofre, Pedro Ivo, Roberto Galvão, Pedro Ribeiro, Rodrigo Carvalho PereiraUNA barbara e valentim
Structural engineer
Cia de Projetos, Heloísa Maringoni
Environmental & MEP
Pessoa e Zamaro, Marcelo Zamaro
Lighting
Lux Projetos, Ricardo Heder
Construction
Aum Construções, Eduardo Corrêa da Fonseca
Material
Wood, Concrete, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Designed by Brazilian architecture firm Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura, Casa Da Figueira is a house where a sculptural fig tree contrasts with the hardness of the concrete structure on the façade.
Project name
Fig House (Casa Da Figueira)
Architecture firm
Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura
Location
Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Photography
Marcelo Donadussi
Principal architect
Paulo Henrique Rodrigues, Roberto Stemmer, Ingrid Stemmer
Design team
Francine Azevedo, Renata Lui
Structural engineer
Pedro Chapon
Material
Concrete, Corten steel, Wood, Glass
Typology
Residential › House
Tetro Arquitetura: The mountain house is set in the hillside, blades cut the terrain allowing an intense relationship with the materiality of the place rocks.
Project name
Mountain House
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo and Matheus Rosendo
Typology
Residential › House
Designed to receive a family living abroad, the country house in the interior of São Paulo needed to accommodate them during long seasons in Brazil. Located in Quinta da Baroneza, with 1,100m², the challenge was, in addition to thinking about the program for prolonged uses, solving the implantation in the very inclined terrain.
Project name
EQ Residence
Architecture firm
Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura
Location
Bragança Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Evelyn Muller
Principal architect
Gilda Meirelles
Material
Wood, Concrete, Metal, Stone
Typology
Residential › Houses
Designed by renowned Mexican architect Javier Senosiain, this project is in Itú, Brazil, within a private dwelling complex provided with a golf course surrounded by the lush vegetation of the area and located at just 120 kilometers away from the city of San Paulo.
Project name
Amoeba House (Casa Amiba)
Architecture firm
Javier Senosiain
Location
Itú, São Paulo, Brazil
Photography
Francisco Lubbert, archivo Senosiain
Principal architect
Javier Senosiain
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom
Typology
Residential › House
Inspired by the verticality of the forest, the São Paulo-based architecture firm Atelier Marko Brajovic has recently completed Monkey House located in Paraty, Brazil.
Architect's statement: A few years ago the monkeys that lived at the foot of Serra in Paraty disappeared. It was said that it was due to the yellow fever that supposedly spread amon...
Project name
Monkey House
Architecture firm
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Location
Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Photography
Rafael Medeiros, Gustavo Uemura
Tools used
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, AutoCAD
Principal architect
Marko Brajovic
Design team
Marko Brajovic, Bruno Bezerra, Vitoria Mendes, Maira Shinzato
Collaborators
Docol, Mekal, Souza LTDA.
Landscape
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Structural engineer
Atelier Marko Brajovic
Construction
Hybrida Production
Didgah Design Architecture Studio: At first, the idea was to have a complete view of the pristine nature. This project aims to give the user a feeling of being suspended midair and a bird’s-eye view. The structure was inspired by a flying bird that holds the user in its wings. The user can then use the rails to move along the width of the valley an...
Project name
The Suspended cabin
Architecture firm
Didgah Design Architecture Studio
Location
Amazon Rain Forest, Manaus, Brazil
Tools used
Autodesk Revit, Lumion 10.3, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Mohammadreza Norouz
Design team
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Built area
Each cabin: 38 ㎡
Collaborators
Sajad Motamedi, Mohammad Mahdi Faraji
Visualization
Mohammadreza Norouz
The Belo Horizonte-based architecture firm Tetro Arquitetura has designed ''Linear house'' a contemporary single-family home to be built in Nova Lima, Brazil.
Project name
Linear house
Architecture firm
Tetro Arquitetura
Location
Nova Lima, Brazil
Tools used
AutoCAD, SketchUp, Lumion, Adobe Photoshop
Principal architect
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Design team
Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes, Igor Macedo
Visualization
Igor Macedo
Typology
Residential, House
