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2026 Obra do Ano Award: Nominations Open

ArchDaily — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Ten years ago, ArchDaily Brasil launched the inaugural edition of the Obra do Ano Award. Over the past decade, hundreds of architectural projects have been recognized as the best in the Portuguese-speaking world, thanks to the collective intelligence of ArchDaily Brasil's readers.

Marcelo Rosenbaum: For an Architecture of Alliances, Listening and Respect

Eduardo Souza — Sun, 07 Jul 2024 07:30:00 +0000

Marcelo Rosenbaum speaks with vivacity and excitement, reflecting his undeniable passion for what he does. His approach to architecture is marked by a proactive stance, leading him to travel to the most remote interiors of Brazil, often voluntarily. There, he listens carefully to local demands and seeks to develop projects that go beyond simple buildings, becoming instruments of transformation for the local reality. One of his best-known projects is in Tocantins, the Children's Village on the Canuanã Farm, done in partnership with the Aleph Zero office, which has been recognized worldwide and won awards. On June 20, he closed the program of the AsBEA 2024 National Convention, whose theme was "Sustainable Roots," held in Florianópolis, Brazil. We had the chance to talk to him about his professional career and some of his recent work.

Carnaúba House Várzea Queimada / Rosenbaum

Pilar Caballero — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 09:30:00 +0000

The Casa da Carnaúba in Várzea Queimada is a facility designed in partnership with Marcilene Barbosa, leader of the Várzea Queimada Association of Women Artisans. The building supports the sustainable extraction of carnauba powder—a raw material used in the cosmetics, food, and pharmaceutical industries—for sale under a Fair Trade socioeconomic model, directly to processing companies without intermediaries. It also serves as a space for processing, drying, and storing the palm straw used in local crafts.

Várzea soccer in São Paulo and the right to the city

Cecília Garcia — Sat, 08 Dec 2018 06:00:00 +0000

It was a city of untamed rivers: they seasonally burst their banks, shaping fertile, humid floodplains. When the waters receded, the ground became firm enough for a ball to roll and feet to run after it. It was in a São Paulo without rivers buried under sad slabs of concrete that futebol de várzea—floodplain football—emerged.