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Brazil’s Government Selling Off its Architectural Legacy

Adrian Anagnost

August 30, 2021

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Rio de Janeiro’s Modernist icon, the Ministry of Education and Health, threatened.

Rio House by Olson Kundig

Rio de Janeiro

Tom Hennigan

April 1, 2020

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An intimate dwelling offers views of the Brazilian jungle.

RS Apartment by Studio Arthur Casas

Rio de Janeiro

Tom Hennigan

September 1, 2019

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A sleek and breezy apartment in Rio de Janeiro captures the character of its urban beach surroundings.

Emiliano by Studio Arthur Casas and Oppenheim Architecture

Rio de Janeiro

Tom Hennigan

April 1, 2018

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A new hotel building in Brazil fills a gap on the Copacabana with its fresh take on Rio style.

Leblon Office Building

Conscious Uncoupling: Dividing a building in two increases daylighting and creates lush outdoor spaces.

Tom Hennigan

August 1, 2016

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It was while visiting Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to celebrate the 100th birthday of his friend Oscar Niemeyer that Richard Meier met the clients who would commission his first ever project in South America.

Writer's Retreat

Rio de Janeiro

March 22, 2016

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The client, a writer, wanted a place to rest and recharge that was separate from his work space.

The MOPI School

An innovative school reflects its lush rain forest surroundings and creative pedagogy through its form and materials.

Tom Hennigan

January 1, 2016

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Established in Rio de Janeiro’s northern neighborhood of Tijuca in 1973, the MOPI school was planning to open a facility in the rapidly growing Barra region to the west.

Urca Penthouse

Machine for Viewing: The renovation of the top floors of a 1960s apartment building created in an airy triplex with breathtaking panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro.

Tom Hennigan

September 16, 2013

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“In Rio, the landscape comes to you,” Brazilian architect Arthur Casas says about his commission to renovate a penthouse apartment in Rio de Janeiro's Urca neighborhood. Casas, who has an office in São Paulo, plus one in New York City, had quite a landscape to work with.