© Bebete Viégas

Architects: bvy arquitetos - Cássia Buitoni, Mariana Viégas + Luciana Yamamura
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project team: Suzana Barboza, Vanessa Friso, Phaënna de Athayde, André Villasboas, Leonardo Chen Chen Che
Structural engineering: Zamarion, Millen Consultores
Hydraulics and electrics: Sandretec Consultoria
Foundation consultants: Zaclis, Falconi, Engenheiros Associados
Precast concret: Spitaletti S.A.
Contractor: FDE – Fundação para o Desenvolvimento da Educação/ Governo do Estado de São Paulo [Foundation for the Development of Education – São Paulo State Government]
Project area: 9,580 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2008
Photographs: Bebete Viégas

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© Fran Parente

Architects: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos (FGMF Arquitetos)
Location: Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil
Authors: Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Collaborators: Marília Caetano, Ana Paula Barbosa, Dante Furlan, Mônica Harumi, Bruno Milan, Flávio Faggion
Structural Engineering: Delta Mais Engenharia
Hydraulics and Electrics: Esotécnica Engenharia
Lighting: Marcos Castilha
Landscaping: MHC Paisagismo
Construction: Alphaville S.A.
Wood Elements: Marcenaria Rutra
Local area: 15,820 sqm
Constructed area: 930 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Fran Parente

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Architects: FGMF Arquitetos – Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz

Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Renders and drawings: Courtesy of Fernando Forte

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Brazil will be the first South American country to host the Summer Olympics which will be held in 2016, but first the country set their sites on building the world’s tallest LEGO tower, a record previously held by Chile.  The community of Sao Paulo constructed their 500,000 piece LEGO tower last weekend which rose to a height of 102 feet-three inches.  School groups, families both kids and adults, joined in the team effort assembling the independent LEGO bricks that were stacked on top of each other eventually using a crane.

© Pedro Vannucchi

Architects: Studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan, Mariana Simas
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Interior Design: Diana Radomysler, Mariana Simas
Project area: 250 sqm
Project year: 2010 – 2011
Photographs: Pedro Vannucchi

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: Studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan, Suzana Glogowski
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Interior Design: Diana Radomysler, Beatriz Meyer
Project Team: Carolina Castroviejo , Eduardo Chalabi, Eduardo Glycerio, Eduardo Gurian, Elisa Friedmann, Gabriel Kogan, Lair Reis, Luciana Antunes, Maria Cristina Motta, Mariana Simas, Oswaldo Pessano, Renata Furlanetto, Samanta Cafardo
Project area: 1,160 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2011
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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© Fran Parente

Architects: FGMF Arquitetos – Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project team: Renata Davi, Marília Caetano, Ana Beatriz Lima, Bruno Araújo, Marina Almeida
Construction: FGMF Architects + Lar Construtora
Structure engineer: Oppea
Lightning design: FGMF + Lumini
Project area: 600 sqm
Project year: 2010
Photographs: Fran Parente

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© Djan Chu

Architects: Alan Chu
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project area: 90 sqm
Project year: 2010 – 2011
Photographs: Djan Chu

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© Leonardo Finotti

Architects: Una Arquitetos - Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara e Fernando Viégas
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Collaborators: Ana Paula de Castro, Carolina Klocker, Eduardo Martorelli, Gabriela Gurgel, Miguel Muralha e Roberto Galvão
Structure: Trianon Engenharia de Projetos
Installations: K2P Projetos
Construction: Souza Lima
Frames: Dinaflex
Project Lightning: Ricardo Heder
Visual Merchandising: Vimer Experience Merchadising
Interior Design: Mateus Ribeiro
Curators Artworks: Alberto Tassinari
Photographs: Leonardo Finotti

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: GCP Arquitetos – Sergio Coelho and Mauricio Reverendo
Location: tatiba, SP – Brazil
Architectural team: Adriana Oliveira; Daniel Mariano; Daniela Vaz; Edgar Pompeu; Lucas Verroni; Izabella Queiroz; Ricardo Segantini; Silvio Diarte; Thais Ramaglia; Ubirajara Jarbas; Agnaldo Amaral and Renata Bernardino
Overall coordination and sustainability: Alessandra Araújo
Architectural coordination: Mauricio Reverendo
Site supervision: Ubirajara Jarbas; Silvio Diarte
Project area: 18,200 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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© Fran Parente

Architects: Triptyque – Greg Bousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaud e Olivier Raffaelli
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project Chief Architect: Bruno Simões
Client: Idea Zarvos / Movimento Um
Contractor: CPA Engenharia & Construções
Structure: Esteng Estrutural Engenharia
Hydraulics and electrics: Gera serviços de engenharia
Windows: Arqmate Consultoria de Esquadrias
Lightning: Companhia de Iluminação
Locksmithing: Irmãos Farias
Project area: 2,778 sqm
Project year: 2007 – 2010
Photographs: Fran Parente

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: Biselli + Katchborian architects
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Designers: Mario Biselli, Artur Katchborian
Project team: Tais Cristina da Silva, André Biselli Sauaia, Fernanda Castilho, Marcela Ernani
Project area: 520 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2008
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© Nelson Kon

Architects: Biselli + Katchborian architects
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project area: 16,000 sqm
Project year: 2008 – 2010
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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The design of the Victor Civita Plaza – Open Museum of Sustainability was based on the ever growing issue of contaminated urban lands. Situated on an existing brown field site in São Paulo, Brazil the design needed to accomodate a large and varied program. More photographs and drawings following the break.

Architects: Levisky Arquitectos Associados
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Project Architects: Adriana Levisky, Anna Julia Dietzsch (Managing Director of Davis Brody Bond Aedas’s Sao Paulo office)
Project Coordinator: Renata Gomes
Project Designers: Casey Mahon, Tatiana Antonelli, Lilian Braga, Luciana Magalhaes, Renata Helena de Paula, Catia Portuguese
Project Team: Fernando Lima, Marcelo Ignatios, Gabriela Kuntz
MEP Engineering: Grau Engenharia
Structral Engineering: Companhia de Projectos
Lighting: Franco & Fortes
Landscape Architecture: Benedito Abbud Paisagismo
Management: CeeMeeSee Engenharia
Foundation Engineering: Zaclis & Falconi Engenheiros Associados
Geotechnical Engineering: Alphageos Tecnologia Aplicada
Reuse of Water: Eduardo Oliveira
Acoustics: Fernando Iazzetta
Wood and Forest Resources: IPT
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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© grupoSP, Carlos Kipnis

Architects: grupoSP
Location: Votorantin, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project Team: Alvaro Puntoni, Jonathan Davies, João Sodré, Isabel Nassif, Rodrigo Ohtake
Project area: 3,525 sqm
Project year: 2006 – 2009
Photographs: grupoSP, Carlos Kipnis

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© Nelson Kon

Architects: GrupoSP /Alvaro Puntoni, João Sodré, Jonathan Davies
Structure Design: Eduardo Duprat
Installationa Engineer: Ramoska + Castellani
Construction: Roberto Growald
Location: Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project area: 360 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2008
Photographs: Nelson Kon

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© UNStudio. Photography by Ding Musa

UNStudio shared their new pavilion for the 29th Art Biennale in Sao Paulo, Brazil with us.   The project is intended to encourage interaction between the participants and visitors by creating a place for display, discussion, and debate. An artistic expression that also functions programmatically, the pavilion embodies the dynamic geometry and spatial qualities common in the firm’s work (to compare, be sure to check out UNStudio’s New Amsterdam Pavilon or the Burnham Pavilion previously featured on AD).

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© Pregnolato & Kusuki Estúdio Fotográfico

Architects: Apiacás Arquitetos
Location: Vila Beatriz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Project Architects: Anderson Freitas, Juliana de Araujo Antunes
Collaborators: Acácia Furuya, Bibiana Ferreira, Pedro Mauger
Structural Engineering: Eng. Maria de Lourdes Mesquita
Project Area: 150 sqm
Project Year: 2007-2008
Photographs: Pregnolato & Kusuki Estúdio Fotográfico

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© Nelson Kon

Architect: Flavio Castro
Location: Mirante do Horto Condominium, Horto Florestal, São Paulo, Brazil
Construction: Flavio Castro, José Claudio Magalhaes
Project Year: 2009
Construction Date: 2010
Land area: 226 sqm
Built area: 300 sqm
Photos: Nelson Kon

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© Nelson Kon

Isay Weinfeld Arquitecto designed the Sumaré house, in São Paulo, for a graphic designer who desired a “spacious house, where she could work, exercise, entertain friends and, of course, live in.”

More images and more about the house after the break.

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