Lumini Shop / Rocco, Vidal + arquitetos

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Architects: Rocco, Vidal + arquitetos
Location: Sao Paulo,
Engineering: Souza Lima Construtora
Structure: Ideal Projetos de Engenharia
Lighting design: Franco e Fortes Lighting design
Wiring project: Aloeletrica
Photographs: Nelson Kon

What turns a residential space into a home? / Estudio Guto Requena

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What turns a residential space into a home? Its decoration? Its objects? The people sharing that space? All the memories stored in it? Estudio Guto Requena asks the participants to answer this question until July 17th by twitter @umacasaumlar and help them to construct their interactive wallpaper at Hyundai Mostra Black Exhibition in Sao Paulo. The interactive ambient “What turns a house into a home?” seeks to instigate the visitors to thinking about the significances and subjectivities associated with our houses.

Jardim Maria Helena / +K Architects

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Architects: +K Architects – Keila Costa
Co-author: Isabel Imbronito
Location: , Brazil
Project area: 3,391 sqm
Project year: 2005 – 2006
Photographs: Nelson Kon

The Baró Gallery / Sub Estudio

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Architects: Sub Estudio
Location: São Paulo,
Project year: 2011
Photographs: Fran Parente

São Paulo Library / Aflalo and Gasperini Architects

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Architects: Aflalo and Gasperini Architects
Location: ,
Coordinator: Flavia Marcondes
Collaborator: Paula Homsi
Interior Design: Dante Della Manna Arquitetura
Visual Identity: Univers Design
Project Year: 2010
Project Area: 4,527 sqm
Photographer: Daniel Ducci

Rochaverá Corporate Towers / Aflalo and Gasperini Architects

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Architects: Aflalo and Gasperini Architects
Location: São Paulo,
Project Area: 228,104 sqm
Photographs: Nelson Kon and Daniel Ducci

Galeria Concreta / GCP Arquitetos

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Architects: GCP Arquitetos
Location: Sao Paulo,
Author: Sergio Coelho
Co-author: Adriana Oliveira
Sustainability: Alessandra Araujo
Project team: Icardo Segantini; Tais Usuda Miyake, Sílvio Diarte
Project area: 170 sqm
Project year: 2009 – 2010
Photographs: Nelson Kon, Kiko Coelho

Campinas School / bvy arquitetos

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Architects: bvy arquitetos - Cássia Buitoni, Mariana Viégas + Luciana Yamamura
Location: ,
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

Alphaville Piracicaba / Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz Arquitetos

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Architects: Forte, Gimenes & Marcondes Ferraz 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.
Elements: Marcenaria Rutra
Local area: 15,820 sqm
Constructed area: 930 sqm
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Fran Parente

Museum of Steel / FGMF Arquitetos

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

Location: , Brazil

Renders and drawings: Courtesy of Fernando Forte

Tallest LEGO Tower

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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 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.

Decameron / Marcio Kogan

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

StudioSC / Marcio Kogan

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Architects: Studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan, Suzana Glogowski
Location: , 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

BPGM Law Office / FGMF Arquitetos

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

The Gourmet Tea / Alan Chu

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

The Garoa Store / Una Arquitetos

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Architects: Una Arquitetos - Cristiane Muniz, Fábio Valentim, Fernanda Barbara e Fernando Viégas
Location: , 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

VALEO – VEC / GCP Arquitetos

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Architects: GCP Arquitetos – Sergio Coelho and Mauricio Reverendo
Location: tatiba, SP –
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

Fidalga 727 / Triptyque

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Architects: Triptyque – Greg Bousquet, Carolina Bueno, Guillaume Sibaud e Olivier Raffaelli
Location: Sao Paulo,
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

BV House / Biselli + Katchborian architects

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Architects: Biselli + Katchborian architects
Location: ,
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
Photographs: Nelson Kon

CEU Pimentas / Biselli + Katchborian architects

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

Victor Civita Plaza – Open Museum of Sustainability / Levisky Arquitectos Associados & Anna Dietzsch, Davis Brody Bond

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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:
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Project Architects: Adriana Levisky, Anna Julia Dietzsch (Managing Director of Davis Brody Bond’s 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