Art, architecture and travel in Brazil
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Brazil - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Brazil.
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World View: Letter from Brazil
The World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with our international contributors, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. Brazilian designers have been characteristically composed, and coming together in the face of the country’s mounting crisis, reports Scott Mitchem
By Scott Mitchem Last updated
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Local studio Saito Arquitetos puts its stamp on David Libeskind’s São Paulo block
The redesign takes its cues from the client’s rich collection of books and passion for cinema
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Marcio Kogan brings Brazilian design to Vietnam with Caye Sereno
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Oscar Niemeyer (1907 - 2012)
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Crisa Santos designs spiritual landmarks in São Paulo park
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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House B in São Paulo invites the great outdoors inside
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Etel sets its Brazilian roots down in a new organic Milan flagship
By Erica Firpo Last updated
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Beading edge: Brazilian artist Yanna Soares debuts bag line 'Hands of Indigo'
By Katrina Israel Last updated
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Trick of the eye: Vik Muniz plays with perception at Galeria Nara Roesler in São Paulo
By Ann Binlot Last updated
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Espasso celebrates long-lost furniture designs by Brazilian greats Oscar Niemeyer and Jorge Zalszupin
By Pei-Ru Keh Last updated
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Etel celebrates its contemporary female forces
Brazilian brand Etel puts its female contemporary designers at the forefront for its newest venture, Women and Design, kicking off with a debut collection by Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola
By Sujata Burman Last updated
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Country living: Fazenda Boa Vista by Fernanda Marques Arquitetos
By Elana Wong Last updated
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Casa Ubatuba by SPBR has a spectacular aspect and a design to match
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sparkling service: the front-desk name badge gets a precious makeover
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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Kyoto stories: a long-lost box of Japanese fabrics has inspired a magical jewellery collection
A box of antique kimono fabric compelled Brazilian jeweller Silvia Furmanovich to create a collection of one-of-a-kind jewels
By Caragh McKay Last updated
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Brazilian jeweller H Stern celebrates seven gilt decades with a travelling gold show
By Caitlin McDonald Last updated
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Fernanda Marques slots a swimming pool into a Brazilian apartment
By Clare Dowdy Last updated
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Twisted logic: architect Eduardo Brito brings a golden spiral to this brave bolthole in Brasilia
By Richard Cook Last updated
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Architects FGMF create a modular home for flexible living in Brazil
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Open interiors and sandstone walls define this Brazil home by Arthur Casas
By David Lisbon Last updated
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Brazilian architect Fernanda Marques blends inside and outside
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Studio Arthur Casas’ enthralling biophilic retail space for +55design
Studio Arthur Casas creates a São Paulo store inspired by Brazilian modernism for brand +55design
By Nuray Bulbul Last updated
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Brazil-based Vilela Florez selected for Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2019
WALLPAPER* ARCHITECTS’ DIRECTORY 2019: After working together on projects at Herzog & de Meuron, Mariana Vilela and Daniel Fernández Flórez set up their own studio in Brazil, in the small seaside town of Tibau do Sul, in 2014. Their projects, such as Casa Bambu (pictured), are mostly inspired by nature, relationships with local artisans, and indigenous materials.
By Daven Wu Last updated
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Rizoma Aquitetura
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Leandro Garcia
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Sand castle: a raised Brazilian beach house by Studio Arthur Casas
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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A Rio family home by Andade Morettin is the ultimate urban retreat
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated