Regular collaborators of Pritzker and Mies van der Rohe prize-winner Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, and multi-award winners themselves in both international biennale gatherings and local competitions, MMBB were established in 1991 in Sao Paolo by three directors, Fernando de Mello Franco, Marta Moreira and Milton Braga.
The firm’s latest work is the practically transparent Rolim de Camargo House in Sao Paolo. The large glazed structure sits on just four columns, partly lifted from the ground to allow space for outdoor leisure activities and at the same time emphasizing the house’s outdoor/indoor relationship. Two main reinforced concrete load-bearing walls allow for a flexible internal layout, which accommodates all the necessary living areas over three levels, as well as a central courtyard.
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Inside Valentino’s glamorous new Sloane Street store, inspired by the art of haute coutureThe latest in Valentino’s ‘The New Maison’ store concept opens on London’s Sloane Street this week, offering an enveloping marble and carpet-clad space of ‘intimacy and uniqueness’
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Aesop’s Salone del Mobile 2024 installations in Milan are multisensory experiencesAesop has partnered with Salone del Mobile to launch a series of installations across Milan, tapping into sight, touch, taste, and scent
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Dial into the Boring Phone and more smartphone alternativesFrom the deliberately dull new Boring Phone to Honor’s latest hook-up with Porsche, a host of new devices that do the phone thing slightly differently
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Marcio Kogan’s Studio MK27 celebrated in this new monograph from Rizzoli‘The Architecture of Studio MK27. Lights, camera, action’ is a richly illustrated journey through the evolution of this famed Brazilian architecture studio
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Brazil’s Casa Subtração contrasts dramatic concrete brutalism with opennessCasa Subtração by FGMF is defined by brutalist concrete and sharp angles that contrast with the green Brazilian landscape
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Arthur Casas’ Pacaembu House wins Best Urban Bolthole in Wallpaper* Design Awards 2024Pacaembu House by Arthur Casas is a São Paulo residence that feels like an idyllic escape
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This Brazilian house uses concrete and wood to screen a sleek horizontal living spaceThe Brazilian house in Minas Gerais by Tetro Arquitetura is designed to elevate and simplify the art of one-level living
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Mario Cucinella's Nice headquarters in Brazil offers a bioclimatic take on industrial architectureComprising a manufacturing base and R&D Centre, the Nice headquarters in Brazil by Mario Cucinella Architects hail a new era for the company
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Casa Boa Vista is a Brazilian home that opens up to its natural viewsCasa Boa Vista by Arthur Casas makes the most of transparencies and natural materials to highlight views and nature in Upstate São Paulo
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Roca São Paulo Gallery’s architecture is a tribute to the Atlantic ForestRoca São Paulo Gallery designed by architect Fernanda Marques opens in Brazil
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Rúina, Brazil: Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023Brazil’s Rúina enters the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2023, our annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios
