Items Tagged with 'Rio de Janeiro'

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Leblon Office Building

Leblon Office Building

Conscious Uncoupling: Dividing a building in two increases daylighting and creates lush outdoor spaces.
Tom Hennigan
August 1, 2016
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It was while visiting Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to celebrate the 100th birthday of his friend Oscar Niemeyer that Richard Meier met the clients who would commission his first ever project in South America.


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THE MOPI SCHOOL

The MOPI School

An innovative school reflects its lush rain forest surroundings and creative pedagogy through its form and materials.
Tom Hennigan
January 1, 2016
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Established in Rio de Janeiro’s northern neighborhood of Tijuca in 1973, the MOPI school was planning to open a facility in the rapidly growing Barra region to the west.


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Urca Penthouse

Machine for Viewing: The renovation of the top floors of a 1960s apartment building created in an airy triplex with breathtaking panoramic views of Rio de Janeiro.
Tom Hennigan
September 16, 2013
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“In Rio, the landscape comes to you,” Brazilian architect Arthur Casas says about his commission to renovate a penthouse apartment in Rio de Janeiro's Urca neighborhood. Casas, who has an office in São Paulo, plus one in New York City, had quite a landscape to work with.


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