In cities across the United States, an address is more than just a street name or a building number- but a brand that translates directly into a symbol of wealth and prestige. Take the tallest residential tower in the country, 432 Park Avenue in New York City, which doesn't actually sit quite on park avenue. Instead, it’s neighboring lot to the east sits on Park Avenue, and this mega structure actually faces 56th avenue- a significantly less iconic street. However, this inflated valuation doesn’t happen everywhere. Cities in other countries don't place the same weight on an address and refer to buildings or locations as landmarks or by their appearances, which doesn't force a high monetary value based on an address or a marketing scheme alone. How do places in the world differ in how they brand buildings and streets in cities, and what does that tell us about their urban culture?
Sao Paulo: The Latest Architecture and News
IMO Apartment / Flipê Arquitetura
"We Need to Reimagine Public Space": Leonardo Fernandes Dias Explores Human Scale and Urban Life
Designing for human scale begins with contemporary culture and everyday life. As the COVID-19 pandemic transformed how we work and live around the world, it's also changed how we think about human scale in the city. For Brazilian architect Leonardo Fernandes Dias of LADO Arquitetura, the global transformation in urban life is directly tied to health, public space and architecture.
ML Apartment / Flipê Arquitetura
Mipibu House / Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
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Architects: Terra e Tuma Arquitetos Associados
- Area: 170 m²
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Kenzo Harada, Metaltec Esquadrias, Terral Serralheria
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Professionals: Gabriella Ornaghi Arquitetura da Paisagem, Megalos Engenharia
Lessons from UN-Habitat: How to Design Spaces For and With the People?
The Un-Habitat or the United Nations agency for human settlements and sustainable urban development, whose primary focus is to deal with the challenges of rapid urbanization, has been developing innovative approaches in the urban design field, centered on the active participation of the community. ArchDaily has teamed up with UN-Habitat to bring you weekly news, article, and interviews that highlight this work, with content straight from the source, developed by our editors.
Discover in this feature the first lesson to learn from UN-Habitat, on how to design with and for the people. In order to create great public spaces, the only secret is listening to the community. Questioning “how can we design together”, this article presents cases in Ghana, Brazil, and India, focusing on street, market, and open public spaces implementation projects, where interventions took on participatory approaches and involved local residents from the beginning of the process.
SouSmile Headquarters / SuperLimão
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Architects: SuperLimão
- Area: 500 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Hub Furniture, KW Móveis, Zero Máquina
MAA House / Jacobsen Arquitetura
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Architects: Jacobsen Arquitetura
- Area: 950 m²
- Year: 2020
AJ Apartment / Peninsula Arquitetura
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Architects: Peninsula Arquitetura
- Area: 62 m²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Baraúna, Cia do Metal, ENGEFRANÇA, Fernando Jaeger, Gravura Brasileira, +4
Container House / Marilia Pellegrini Arquitetura
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Architects: Marilia Pellegrini Arquitetura
- Area: 60 m²
- Year: 2019
Guilherme Torres Office / Studio Guilherme Torres
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Architects: Studio Guilherme Torres
- Area: 140 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Corian, Marvelar, Mármore Calacatta, Parquet:
Ygará Apartment / Estúdio BRA Arquitetura
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Architects: Estúdio BRA Arquitetura
- Area: 969 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: AutoCAD, Brasil Imperial, Cazes Construtora, Deca, Dpot, +8
Workshop House / PAX.ARQ
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Architects: PAX.ARQ
- Year: 2015
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Manufacturers: Belmetal, Drenaltec, HH Môveis, Montart Esquadrias Metálicas, Pau Pau, +2
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Professionals: Apoio, SBN Engenharia Construções e Acabamentos, Telecki Arquitetura de Projeto
JL Apartment / Flipê Arquitetura
Clock House / Dado Castello Branco Arquitetura
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Arquitetos: Dado Castello Branco Arquitetura
- Area: 283 m²
- Year: 2018
Fasano Itaim Residential / studio mk27
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Architects: Diana Radomysler, Luciana Antunes, Studio MK27 - Marcio Kogan
- Area: 123784 ft²
- Year: 2019
SC Apartment / Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos
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Arquitetos: Pascali Semerdjian Arquitetos
- Area: 109 m²
- Year: 2017