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Brazil in Focus: This Month in Architecture, Housing, Learning Spaces, and Urban Life

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This month's Brazil in Focus looks at how architecture and urban development intersect with questions of housing, education, public space, and mobility across the country. This month's selection includes an indigenous settlement in Maricá recognized by UN-Habitat for its approach to adequate housing, editorials examining university campuses and planned cities as frameworks for collective life, and projects ranging from a timber-structured airport expansion to a commercial building that engages São Paulo's public realm and a residence shaped by its landscape. Also on the radar are the winning proposal for Itaú Cultural's new headquarters on Avenida Paulista, international recognition for two Brazilian landscape architecture projects, and a national diagnosis highlighting persistent gaps in pedestrian infrastructure and road safety.

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2I4E House / P+0 Architecture + David Pedroza Castañeda

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Santa Catarina, Mexico

Prototype for UDEM Polytechnic / Bernardo Hinojosa

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Santa Catarina, Mexico
  • Architects: Bernardo Hinojosa
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  55434 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, ATECNO, Ladesa, MAIZ MIER, PLATE

Iris Tower / Terra Integral

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  • Architects: Terra Integral
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  280164 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  AutoDesk, BLT, Cemex, Ceramiche Caesar, Trimble Navigation, +1

Bending Bridges / Centro de Estudios Superiores de Diseño de Monterrey, CEDIM

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Santa Catarina, Mexico
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  484 ft²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2018
  • Manufacturers Brands with products used in this architecture project
    Manufacturers:  ACEROS FERCOM RAR, Andamios Monterrey, BIRLOS Y TORNILLOS, Cemex, Ezequiel Cadena Bernal Madera, +6
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Discover Pritzker Prize Laureate Gottfried Böhm's Brutalist Church in Brazil

Gottfried Böhm is a German architect who was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1986. His father, Dominikus Böhm and his grandfather Alois Böhm were both architects, as well as three of his sons, among them, Peter Böhm. Few people know that he has two projects erected in Brazil, in Brusque and Blumenau - two cities highly influenced by German culture. Photographer Ronaldo Azambuja shared with us his series of photographs of the mother church Igreja Matriz São Luiz Gonzaga in Brusque. The text was written by Angelina Wittmann, architect, and researcher.

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Super Alloys / WAM Arquitectos

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Santa Catarina, Mexico

CSC House / MMX

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  • Architects: MMX
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2011

Casa 4 Planos / Dear Architects

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Santa Catarina, Mexico
  • Architects: Dear Architects
  • Area Area of this architecture project Area:  300 m²
  • Year Completion year of this architecture project Year:  2010
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1st Place for Santa Catarina’s Public Library Refurbishment Competition

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Brazilian architects Bruno Conde, Filipe Gebrim Doria, Filipe Lima Romeiro, and Lucas Bittar were awarded with the first prize for the design of the Santa Catarina’s Public Library Refurbishment (National Architecture Competition).

More images and architect’s description after the break.