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One of the most common decorative objects in projects, mirrors have existed since the Badarian civilization, around 4,000 BC. With several transformations in its material and manufacture, the mirror is a decorative object and can also serve as a design strategy.
The first mirrors found are personal objects made manually by polishing metals such as copper or silver. During the Middle Ages, mirrors were made from a mercury solution and a sheet of glass. Today, mirrors are manufactured industrially from a chemical solution using silver as a base. Their industrialization allowed them to gain larger dimensions and other functions beyond being an object of personal use, being able to be used in industry, science and architecture.
In architecture, mirrors were a decorative element in palaces and mansions. Still, the object remained as a rigid plate that could be applied to a wall, almost as a covering. Nowadays, interior architecture revisits the mirror as a decorative object, taking advantage of it in inventive ways, often to convey a feeling of amplitude in spaces.
Apartamento M+J / Arq. Simplifica
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Apartamento Oscar / Vinícia Brandão Arquitetura
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Apartamento EPIC / flipê arquitetura
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Villa Deca / Studio Guilherme Torres
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SERtão Portinari Installation / Nildo José
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Apartamento PM / Bossa Arquitetura
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Apartamento NHO / VOA Arquitetura
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Paulicéia Apartment / Ricardo Abreu Arquitetos
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FAUNO HOUSE – CASA COR 2019 / Leo Shehtman Arquitetura e Design
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Apartamento RG / Pascali Semerdjian Arquiteto
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Bar INFINI / FUTURA ESTUDIO
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Apartamento Leblon / Natália Lemos + Paula Pupo
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Ortho Apartment / TAU Arquitetos
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[meu.coração.queima] / Jeferson Branco Arquitetura
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Urban Cabin / Studio Marcio Michaluá
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La Vida Residencial Building / Todos Arquitetura
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Editor's Note: This article was originally published on February 06, 2023.