This Sao Paulo contemporary architecture isn't limited by traditional walls and boundaries. The Brazil architecture firm of Fernanda Marques makes the most of what is a relatively compact home design, measuring 2,700 sq. ft., by taking it outside, so to speak. This modern loft features “outdoor” elements inside, like stone, steel, glass and wood paneling, and eliminates the typical interior walls and dividers in what becomes an open, airy outdoor living house plan – extending living space well beyond the ... Continue >
Here’s a must-see – a cantilever house design in Nova Lima, Brazil, surrounded by lush landscape with a dramatic edge. Perched hillside, the home is a perfect vantage point for the endless views that roll to the horizon. Brazil architecture firm Anastasia Architects designed this slope house plan on a 30-degree incline with dramatic cantilever overhangs that add a sculptural element while highlighting the home’s precarious position, and at the same time minimizing its effect on the natural site. Due ... Continue >
Marcio Kogan Architects have a few amazing beach home designs under their belt, but this stunning Brazil beach home located in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro boasts a distinct cottage-style feel that puts comfortable, casual living and a coastal cottage character at the forefront. Pier House was designed to house a sailboat during the week and its users on weekends. This gorgeous beach house was designed in two levels, to accommodate the sloped site. The first volume, a solid box clad ... Continue >
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed this amazing beach house with all the fixings. This house boasts fabulous outdoor entertaining areas and equally spectacular interiors to match, wrapped in a contemporary style home of concrete, wood and glass. Located on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, this simple yet stylish concrete and glass design makes a strong horizontal presence with panoramic views of beach and surf. Built into a majestic tree-covered slope, this beach-front house overlooks a wide wooden deck and ... Continue >
This unique and very modern hillside house design in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais in Brazil, was a creative and contemporary collaboration between architects Fernando Maculan and Pedro Morais. This concrete walls house enjoys sparse neighbors and gives way to a lush landscape and dense forest covering the steep 60 percent incline of the site. This unusual slope house design starts with a concrete base where the private rooms are housed, and is topped by a glass-enclosed main floor occupied by ... Continue >
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