Metal Structure: The Latest Architecture and News

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• Architects

  Padovani Arquitetos Associados

• Location

  Campinas, Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in Charge

  Lucas Padovani

• Area

  550.0 m2

• Project Year

  2011

• Photographs

  Evelyn Müller

+ 34

• Architects

  Gui Mattos

• Location

  São Sebastião, Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Architect in Charge

  André Delmanto

• Area

  807.0 m2

• Project Year

  2015

• Photographs

  Leonardo Finotti

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• Architects

  Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados

• Location

  Nova Lima - MG, 34000-000, Brazil

• Category

  Restaurant

• Team of Architects

  Gustavo Penna, Norberto Bambozzi, Laura Penna, Letícia Carneiro, Alice Leite Flores, Fernanda Tolentino, Henrique Neves, Gabriel de Souza, Eduardo Magalhães, Julia Lins, Ada Penna, Larissa Freire, Sávio de Oliveira, Rodrigo Gomes

• Trainees

  Gustavo Monteiro, Wesley Gonzaga, Caio Vieira, Mariana Carvalho, Rafaela Renno, Felipe Franco

• Area

  508.0 m2

• Project Year

  2017

• Photographs

  Jomar Bragança

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• Architects

  Studio AG Arquitetura

• Location

  Chacara Santo Antonio, Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Area

  504.0 m2

• Project Year

  2016

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• Architects

  Felipe Hess Arquitetos

• Location

  São Paulo, Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architect

  Felipe Hess, Federico Concilio, Patricia Sturm

• Area

  780.0 m2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Fran Parente

+ 74

• Architects

  Bruno Dias / Arquitectura, Luis Ventura / Arquitectura

• Location

  3240 Ansião, Portugal

• Category

  Fire station

• Area

  12916.69 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Hugo Santos Silva

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• Architects

  Daher Jardim Arquitetura

• Location

  Brasilia, Brazil

• Category

  Houses

• Lead Architect

  Gabriel Daher Jardim

• Area

  645.8 ft2

• Project Year

  2019

• Photographs

  Haruo Mikami, Larissa Sad

+ 72

• Architects

  Lins Arquitetos Associados

• Location

  Rua Manoel Miguel dos Santos, 330 - Juazeiro do Norte / CE - Brazil

• Category

  Offices

• Lead Architect

  Cintia Lins e George Lins

• Area

  592.0 ft2

• Project Year

  2018

• Photographs

  Joana França

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• Architects

  N2B Arquitetura

• Location

  Irene Toniolli Domench - Jardim Nova Alianca Sul, Ribeirão Preto - SP, Brazil

• Category

  Exhibition center

• Lead Architect

  Caio Yoshiaki Nagano, Rodolfo Biagi Becker

• Area

  3516.9 m2

• Project Year

  2016

• Photographs

  Fran Parente

Metallic elements have been used in architecture and civil construction for hundreds of years, either as decorative elements, coverings or even to reinforce masonry structures. However, it is only in the second half of the eighteenth century that the first bridges emerge whose structure was entirely made of cast iron. A century later, iron was replaced by a more resistant and malleable alloy, still used today in architecture: steel.

Denser than concrete, the strength of steel subverts its weight and provides greater stiffness with less material - allowing for lighter and thinner structures than those made from other materials, such as wood or concrete. It is by no means the most used material in residential architecture, however, its use has made it possible to construct some interesting - and beautiful - examples of contemporary houses: