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Guide to São Paulo Architecture

We've selected what we feel are the key examples of Sao Paulo Architecture. We aim to include projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.

We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across São Paulo and Brasil. The focus is on contemporary buildings but information on traditional buildings is also welcome.

We have 3 pages of São Paulo Architecture selections with links to many individual project pages.

Sao Paulo Buildings : news + key projects (this page)

Sao Paulo Architecture : A-I

Sao Paulo Building Developments : J-Z

Sao Paulo Architecture News

Nestle Factory, Caçapava
METRO Arquitetos
Nestle Factory Building Brazil
photo : Leonardo Finotti

Factory Building Sao Paulo - 1 Feb 2012
The main intention of the design for Nestle factory building visiting areas was to create a landmark in the generic landscape of the highway that connects São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, revealing the existence of a public and accessible space.

House 4x30
CR2 + FGMF
House 4x30 Sao Paulo
photo : Fran Parente

House 4x30 São Paulo - 18 Oct 2011
Encrusted in a row of narrow geminate houses, the story began more as a challenge rather than as an architectural project. How make the entire program of a house fit in that 4x30m lot, relying on a few illuminated surfaces? Even though the object is deceptively simple, the answer came across a lot of research.

StudioSC
studio mk27 - marcio kogan
StudioSC
photo : Nelson Kon

São Paulo Photography Studio - 26 Aug 2011
The architectural project of this photography studio, specialized in food photos, emerged from an internal competition held at StudioMK27. The team was divided into 3 groups that worked on the development of different ideas for one day. From these first rough sketches a new project, which, in part, was a synthesis of all these sketches and, in part, an entirely new project, was elaborated.

Decameron
studio mk27 - marcio kogan + mariana simas
Decameron
photo : Pedro Vannucchi

São Paulo furniture store - 26 Aug 2011
The showroom of the Decameron furniture store is located on a rented site in the furniture commercial alley in São Paulo. To make the quick and economic construction viable, the project worked with the premise of a light occupation of the lot, basically done with industrial elements, which could easily be assembled. The space was constructed through a mixed solution, with maritime transport containers and a specifically designed structure.

Casa dos Ipês
studio mk27 - marcio kogan + lair reis
Casa dos Ipês
photo © Reinaldo Cóser

Casa dos Ipês São Paulo - 26 Aug 2011
Ten years ago, when StudioMK27 tried to do a project using exposed concrete, many builders said that this was practically impossible. Yeah, Right - Brazil that has a vast modern tradition in the use of raw concrete? During a determinate period, in the 90´s, the use of the material declined sharply, restricted to the few architects that used it experimentally and sporadically, without fixing a constructive know-how.

Sao Paulo Building - Recent Designs

Brasil Building
Rosenbaum
Brasil Building Sao Paulo
image from architect

São Paulo Tower Building - 18 Aug 2011
The historic center of São Paulo, the largest city of Brazil and one of the largest in the world, it is an important cultural center with theaters, museums, restaurants and cinemas. With this, W Zarzur invited the Rosenbaum office to be responsible for the design project and front of its new venture. The project for the building Brasil has received the general direction from the designer Marcelo Rosenbaum and co-author from the architect Guto Requena.

São Paulo Arquitetos win Dedalo Minosse Award, Italy
Grid House
photo from architects
FGMF Arquitetos - 28 Jun 2011
In 2010, FGMF was the Brazilian Office to win the biggest number of awards, by academy and also commercial awards. The FGMF architects office, under the command of the young architects Fernando Forte, Lourenço Gimenes and Rodrigo Marcondes Ferraz and placed in São Paulo (Brazil) has just won one more international award: “The international award Dedalo Minosse”-“Prêmio Internazionale Dedalo Minosse”, delivered in Vicenza, Italy.

'The Other, the Same', Sao Paulo Art Biennial
Carlos M Teixeira
Sao Paulo Art Biennial design
photo from architect

Sao Paulo Art Biennial - 24 Feb 2011
With the theme “There is always a cup of sea to sail in”, the 29th. Sao Paulo Art Biennial incorporated six terreiros, or areas for events and rest, spread across the Biennial pavilion. Invited by curators Moacir dos Anjos and Agnaldo Farias, this text presents the author's participation in the exhibition with terreiro The Other, The Same; an arena for dance events, theater and music that can be rearranged in other ways.

São Paulo Buildings

Major São Paulo Architecture Projects, alphabetical:

C16H14O3 house
Marcio Kogan Arquitetos
C16H14O3 house
photo : Rômulo Fialdini

C16H14O3 house
 
Casa Panamá
Marcio Kogan Arquitetos
Casa Panamá
photo : Nelson Kon

Casa Panamá
 
CEU Pimentas
biselli+katchborian
CEU Pimentas São Paulo
photo : Nelson Kon

CEU Pimentas
 
Numero Bar, Jardins
Isay Weinfeld arquiteto
Numero Bar
image : Leonardo Finotti

Numero Bar
 
Paraty House
Marcio Kogan
Paraty House
photo: Nelson Kon

Paraty House
Top Towers - Housing
Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos
Top Towers São Paulo
image : Leonardo Finotti

Top Towers Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo Architects

Sao Paulo Office Buildings

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Brazilian Architecture
Casa Curitiba
photo : Nelson Kon

Oscar Niemeyer

Rodin Museum Brazil

Porto Alegre house

Brazilian Architecture Competition

American Buildings



Brazilian Institute for Architects - President: Paulo Mendes da Rocha

Brasil house images

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Sao Paulo Buildings : page - adrian welch / isabelle lomholt

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