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Cajuí House / Laurent Troost Architectures

Andreas Luco — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Located on a plot of land with sides and a back facing an environmental protection area, Casa Cajuí is nestled among several existing trees to take advantage of their shade and the cross views between the external green areas and the preserved areas on the lot.

Pupunha House / Laurent Troost Architectures + Hana Eto Gall Paisagismo

Valeria Silva — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 15:00:00 +0000

With the premise of preserving the existing greenery and creating a compact and efficient residence, the office Laurent Troost Architectures designed the Casa Pupunha, located in a condominium in the western zone of Manaus, next to an area of permanent environmental protection. Its landscaping was crafted by Hana Eto Gall, conceived through a direct dialogue with the Amazonian landscape. The name refers to the pupunha palm that occupies the center of the lot, preserved throughout the construction, and to the other plants placed around the residence, which become an essential part of the landscaping and architectural concept.

House of Shadow / Laurent Troost Architectures + Hana Eto Gall Paisagismo

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Designed for a couple with a daughter, the "House of Shadow," created by the firm Laurent Troost Architectures, features an architectural solution focused on the client's needs, who suffers from photophobia – an extreme sensitivity to light.

VIPE 201 Commercial Building / Vipe Arquitetura

Andreas Luco — Tue, 25 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Inserted on one of Manaus’s main avenues, VIPE 201 emerges as an internal bet by the Vipe Arquitetura office, aiming to contribute to the city with a building of innovative language and a careful approach to thermal comfort. The project intends to establish a balanced relationship of the construction with time, embracing patina and avoiding aesthetic control.

INGÁ Co-living / Laurent Troost Architectures

Pilar Caballero — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Located one block from the iconic Teatro Amazonas, in the heart of Manaus' historic center, INGÁ Co-Living space introduces a new community living model integrated with nature. Aimed at encouraging private investment in the city’s Historic Center, this small development, consisting of three one-bedroom apartments (43m²) and three two-bedroom apartments (52m²), was designed to be a living building "enveloped" by native plants and unconventional edible plants (PANCs).

Tropical Shed / Laurent Troost Architectures

Susanna Moreira — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 06:00:00 +0000

Located in a popular and industrial district of the city of Manaus, characterized by row houses and warehouses of all kinds, this project of an archeology office together with a leisure area is a reinterpretation of the industrial typology to create a manifesto of the necessary rapprochement between Urban and Nature, especially within the capital of the Amazon.

Tarumã House / Laurent Troost Architectures

Pilar Caballero — Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:00:00 +0000

Located near a small lake that flows into the Tarumã River, in the city of Manaus, Casa Tarumã was designed based on several principles of passive sustainability to ensure the thermal comfort of its users: adequate installation, generous eaves, dimensioning, and orientation openings to maximize cross-ventilation, as well as the preservation of local ecological systems.

Floating Bridges in Manaus / Colectivo Aqua Alta

Susanna Moreira — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 14:00:00 +0000

"Building bridges is not just about reducing distances. Bridges connect shores, connect islands, bring people together, generate movement, and can become vital in environmental emergencies..."

Truss House / Roberto Moita Arquitetos

Susanna Moreira — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 03:00:00 +0000

This House stems from our experiences and research on contemporary architecture and construction in Brazil and the Amazon.

Cassina Innovation House / Laurent Troost Architectures

Hana Abdel — Tue, 09 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000

The Cassina Innovation House is the newest digital technology center in Brazil and the inaugural landmark of the Manaus Digital Pole now under development in Manaus Historical Center. With 1,586 m² spread over 4 floors, the Cassina is composed of several types of spaces to foster creativity and formal/informal meetings for the development of this new economy: multifunctional areas, lounges, meeting rooms, laboratories, training rooms, as well as a cafe / restaurant on the top floor with privileged views of the Historic Center and the Rio Negro.

Campinarana House / Laurent Troost Architectures

Daniel Tapia — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 03:00:00 +0000

The Amazon, more than any other area on the planet, requires climate-appropriate architectural strategies. The natural and environmental conditions are extreme and the proximity of the equatorial zone requires an architecture oriented towards thermal comfort and "passive" sustainability, that is, adequate deployment, creation of protective eaves, dimensioning and orientation of the openings for cross-ventilation, as well as the preservation of local ecological systems. The preservation/valorization of Campinarana - Amazon forest type characterized by small trees, whose soil is shallow and clayey - was the starting point for the concept of the project.

Manaus House / Alexia Convers Architecture

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 22 May 2018 05:00:00 +0000

The house is located in the heart of the Amazonian Rainforest, in a green area of Manaus right by the Rio Negro River.

Arena da Amazônia / gmp Architects

Cristian Aguilar — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 01:00:00 +0000

This stadium design was based on the idea of creating a simple but highly efficient stadium which also makes reference to the special location, to the fascination and natural diversity of forms in the tropical rainforest. Designed for 44,400 spectators, the stadium is located at the central traffic axis that links the airport with the inner city. The new building was integrated into a sports park with Sambadrome, field and track facilities, multi-purpose halls and an aquatic center. The project was developed in cooperation with the gmp partner practice STADIA from São Paulo and the structural engineers schlaich bergermann und partner.