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post updated 1 March 2023

e-architect choose what we feel are the key examples of Brazilian Houses. We aim to include houses in Brazil that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both. We cover completed houses, new house designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Brazil.

Brazilian Architecture Designs – chronological list

Brazilian Houses in 2023

28 Feb 2023
Casa Pátio, Curitiba, Paraná
Design: ARQUEA ARQUITETOS

photo : Federico Cairoli
Casa Pátio, Curitiba
Located within a residential condominium in the metropolitan region of Curitiba, the Casa Pátio, a 250-square-meter residence was carefully crafted to create an integrated and easy-to-navigate space. Despite the proximity to neighboring homes, the property on a hilltop offers stunning views.

31 Jan 2023
Marinho da Serra, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Estado, South East Brazil
Design: Vazio S/A

photography : Studio Pixel / Daniel Mansur
Marinho da Serra House, Belo Horizonte
Marinho da Serra (MS) house is located in a rural area of Serra da Moeda, a natural monument listed by the state heritage of Minas Gerais. The site belongs to a peasant family that has lived in the region since the 19th century, and has an orchard with banana trees, mango trees and bamboo groves.

Recent Brazilian Residences in 2022

Residential Architecture in Brazil – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

30 Dec 2022
BRM House, Curitiba, Paraná
Design: Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados

photo : Nelson Kon
BRM House, Santo Inácio Curitiba
Located in a small private area in Santo Inácio neighborhood at Curitiba (Brazil), the BRM House signed by Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados was built on land with a steep slope towards the privileged view of a forest.

19 Dec 2022
Residência Braúnas, Bragança Paulista, SP
Architect: Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos – RMAA

photo : André Scarpa
Residência Braúnas, Bragança Paulista
Reinach Mendonça Arquitetos is responsible for another residential project in condominium Quinta da Baroneza, in Bragança Paulista (Brazil). Residência Braúnas, developed in a single 885 m² floor, provides a feeling of unity between the internal and external spaces.

10 Nov 2022
ML Residence, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais
Design: Anastasia Arquitetos

photo : Jomar Bragança
Residence ML, Nova Lima
The ML Residence is located in the city of Nova Lima, state of Minas Gerais. The plot is in a mountainous site with an average slope of 53%.

20 Oct 2022
Vila Castela Residence, Nova Lima, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Estado, South East Brazil
Design: Anastasia Arquitetos

photo : Jomar Bragança
Vila Castela Residence, Nova Lima
The Vila Castela Residence is built in a sloped site (30 degrees) in the city of Nova Lima, Brazil, it uses dramatic cantilevers to emphasize the extremity of its position. Anastasia Arquitetos have chosen this concept not only for aesthetic reasons, but above all to reduce the interference of the building mass in the topography, keeping the site as natural as possible.

16 July 2022
Residence JT, Belvedere, Minas Gerais
Architects: Anastasia Arquitetos

photograph : Jomar Bragança
Residence JT, Minas Gerais
The residence, with 370 sqm spread over two floors, is located in a predominantly residential neighborhood in the city of Belo Horizonte, on a flat plot of 450 sqm. The architectural design seeks to maximize the integration between external and internal spaces, blurring their limits, and thus increasing the feeling of spaciousness.

1 September 2022
Casa 212, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil
Architects: NEBR

photo © Maíra Acayaba
Pernambuco country house
The country house sprouts from the stone in the middle of the Pernambuco wild, in the northeast of Brazil. With a hard, firm and flat language, it spreads across the undulating site and turns to nature in the poetics of framing it. The home dialogues with its locality and exalts culture and art through the hands of talented people from Pernambuco.

26 Aug 2022
Casa Sombrero, Campinas, SP
Architect: FGMF

photo : Fran Parente
Casa Sombrero, Campinas
Located in a residential condominium in the city of Campinas, in the interior of São Paulo, the exploration of the land made by the FGMF office consists of a residence designed as Casa Sombrero, with an organization focused on itself and focused on the integration of private indoor and outdoor spaces with an abundance of transparency and relationship with Juliana Freitas’ landscaping.

28 June 2022
Casa Açucena, Jardins de Petrópolis – Nova Lima, Minas Gerais
Architects: TETRO Arquitetura

photo : Jomar Bragança
Casa Açucena, Minas Gerais
A place immersed in lush Atlantic Rainforest nature. A terrain filled with large leafy trees, foliage, shrubs, birds and wild animals. A challenging topography with a steep slope, characteristic of the Nova Lima region in Minas Gerais. This is the place where Casa Açucena is inserted.

17 May 2022
Casa 01, Criciuma, Santa Catarina
Design: ES arquitetura

photo : Slaphotostudio
Casa 01 in Criciuma, Santa Catarina Luxury Villa
Developed from its conception by a group of professionals from different areas, the project and the work of Casa 01 was developed with sustainability premises, trying to prove that one can build in a rational way, minimizing environmental impacts, transforming an object of living into an example object of change of habits in the construction and in the use of the residence.

9 Feb 2022
Bazzotti House, Curitiba, Paraná
Design: Saboia+Ruiz Arquitetos

photo : João Vitor Sarturi
Bazzotti House, Curitiba
A middle-aged couple with two young children asked us for a project. They wanted to live in an open house and, at the same time, feel protected. They wanted the spaces to be integrated, without being overly large.

8 Feb 2022
Cancha House, Gonçalves, MG
Design: Estúdio HAA

photo : Pedro Kok
Casa Cancha, Gonçalves, Minas Gerais, Brasil
With 1470 meters of altitude above sea level, the site is 600 meters higher than the paved road. It may sound only as a curiosity, but it was a crucial piece of data that determined the approach we had to take on the construction.

15 Jan 2022
SR Residence, Itupeva, São Paulo
Architectural design: Studio Fabricio Rodrigues + Thiago Natal ; Interior design: Studio Julliana Camargo

photo : Maira Acayaba
Fazenda da Grama House
This modern Brazilian home, located in a condominium in the interior of São Paulo, had the Studio Julliana Camargo’s sharp eye in the creation of a custom interior design. The new property was designed and built for a couple of residents with Brazilian and Chilean origin, who love to receive their family and friends and enjoy nature.

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Brazilian Houses 2021

4 Nov 2021
Cerrado House II, Moeda, Minas Gerais, Southeast Brazil
Design: Vazio S/A architects

photo : Leonardo Finotti
Cerrado House II in Moeda
The Cerrado is one of the country’s seven biomes and covers an area of 1.5 million km². It holds about a third of all Brazilian biodiversity, 5% of the world’s flora and fauna, and is home to the headwaters of the three largest hydrographic basins in the country (Amazon, São Francisco, and Paraná/ Paraguay).

21 July 2021
Ananda House, Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul
Design: Stemmer Rodrigues

photograph : Lucas Franck/NMLSS
Ananda House in Eldorado do Sul
Ananda is the name set by the architecture studio for its new house project in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Ananda means supreme bliss, a common term widely used in Hinduism.

18 July 2021
beach house on Prumirim Beach, Ubatuba, state of São Paulo, southeast coast of Brazil
Design: Bruno Rossi Arquitetos

photograph : André Scarpa
Beach House on Prumirim Beach, Ubatuba
This beach house in Ubatuba, on the north coast of São Paulo state, is drawn into the dense Atlantic forest, a few meters from the sea. Due to the abundant afforestation, its implantation faces great limitations regarding the area of vegetation suppression, which represented a strong constraint on the occupation of the land.

19 July 2021
MG Residence, Bragança Paulista, state of São Paulo, Brasil
Design: Gilda Meirelles Arquitetura

photo : Evelyn Müller
MG House in Bragança Paulista
Located in the countryside of São Paulo state this contemporary residence design is a one-story house where all rooms are connected in a fluid way which gives a modern living atmosphere in the countryside. The property integrates the environment creating a modern living in the countryside.

27 Apr 2021
BRM House, Curitiba, Paraná
Design: Biselli Katchborian Arquitetos Associados

photo : Nelson Kon
BRM House, Santo Inácio Curitiba
Located in a small private area in Santo Inácio neighborhood at Curitiba, this new property was built on land with a steep slope towards the privileged view of a forest. The slope of the soil suggested a vertical organization of the program, where the architecture consists of four floors, two upper and two lower, distributed from the middle level off the street.

26 Apr 2021
Fig House, Eldorado do Sul/RS, Rio Grande do Sul
Architect: Stemmer Rodrigues Arquitetura

photograph : Marcelo Donadussi
Fig House, Rio Grande do Sul Property
The ancient and sculptural fig tree (figueira, in Portuguese), with the organic nature of its branches, contrasts with the hardness of the concrete structure on the façade. The property houses the bedrooms in the upper floor, and it protects the dwelling from the harsh, polar winds blowing from the south.

15 Mar 2021
Refúgio Ventura, Xangri-lá, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil
Architect: Studiocolnaghi

photograph : Marcelo Donadussi
Refúgio Ventura, Xangri-lá, Rio Grande do Sul
This residential project in southern Brazsl was designed to accommodate a family during holidays at the bayside. Although, after the outcome of the Covid-19 pandemic this house become a refugee – a comfortable place to stay for the family.

15 Feb 2021
Bluish House, Xangri-lá, Rio Grande do Sul
Architect: Studiocolnaghi

photograph : Marcelo Donadussi
Bluish House, Xangri-lá
The Bluish House is located on the Brazilian Southern coast, and it is use during holidays and weekends by a young couple. The client’s aim to a refugee on the bayside to welcome friends and family.

5 Feb 2021
House Villa Lobos, São Paulo
Architects: UNA arquitetos

photograph : Nelson Kon
House Villa Lobos, São Paulo
Built on the top of a hill in a residential neighbourhood in São Paulo, House Villa Lobos seeks to adapt to the geography and to appreciate the views over the extensive wetlands of the Pinheiros river, quite wooded in this western section. The ground floor of the house follows the smooth slope of the land.

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Brazilian Houses 2020

8 Dec 2020
Park Way House, Brasília
Architects: ARQBR

photograph : Joana França
Park Way House, Brasilia
The Park Way House is located in a closed residential condominium and far from the urban center of the city, it is the Park Way neighborhood, whose predominant occupation is single-family dwellings.

5 Dec 2020
Panoramic House, Itajaí
Design: Schuchovski Arquitetura

photo : Eduardo Macarios
Panoramic House in Itajaí
The terrain is located In the middle of an Atlantic forest hill facing the sea. It was carefully selected for this great project by having one of the most privileged views of the sea.

13 Nov 2020
Güths House, near Brasília
Architects: ARQBR

photo © Joana França
Güths House, Brasilia Property
This contemporary residence is sited in a suburban residential area near Brasilia. The clients desired to have a 200sqm ground level house built, focused on common and leisure areas, initially for weekends and celebrations.

26 Oct 2020
House of Coffee, Divinópolis, centre-west of Minas Gerais state,
Architect: Tetro Arquitetura

image courtesy of architects practice
Coffee House Divinópolis
The house of coffee is a very special house made for a couple who loves this drink, and who makes some artisanal processes for their own consumption. The materiality of the house arises from the soil in thick mud walls, which frame the terraced yard.

12 Oct 2020
Cerrado House, Moeda, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
Design: Vazio S/A architects

image courtesy of architecture studio
Cerrado House in Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
The Cerrado is one of the country’s seven biomes and covers an area of 1.5 million km². It holds about a third of all Brazilian biodiversity, 5% of the world’s flora and fauna, and is home to the headwaters of the three largest hydrographic basins in the country (Amazon, São Francisco, and Paraná/ Paraguay).

16 Sep 2020
LT Houses, Pato Branco, state of Paraná
Design: Michel Macedo Arquitetos

photo : Michel Macedo Arquitetos
LT Houses, Pato Branco, Paraná Homes
The LT Houses project is inserted on an growing urban area where the buildings designs are predominantly repeated. From this analysis arises this question: how to occupy the land in order to promote a transformation of the urban landscape?

7 Sep 2020
JK House, Pato Branco, state of Paraná
Design: Michel Macedo Arquitetos

photo : Eduardo Macarios
New House in Pato Branco, Paraná
The new home – composed by two fundamental aspects, structural design and nature – merges building elements into a beautiful valley landscape in Paraná state. The modern property interrelates geographical aspects and local topography, implemented as a stone inserted into the landscape.

6 Sep 2020
RG House, Pato Branco, state of Paraná
Design: Michel Macedo Arquitetos

photo : Eduardo Macarios
House in Pato Branco
Conditioned by an environmentally protected area at the backyard, this residence diverges into two distinct priority facts, one environmental and another human: the uneven topography, characteristic of the city, and the contemplative value that the preserved vegetation offers to the residents on the most private limit of the lot.

27 May 2020
Casa Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul
Architect: Luciano Lerner Basso

photo : architect Marcelo Donadussi
Casa Erechim Rio Grande do Sul
House 4.16.3 is located in the city of Erechim, in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, brazilian state, around 400 km from the state capital, Porto Alegre. The region has a subtropical climate, with warm, humid summers and chilly, rainy winters, which poses yet another challenge to the architect, in terms of habitability.

25 May 2020
Corner House, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Salvador
Design: Studio Kyze Arquitetura e Design

photo : Manuel Sá
Corner House in Feira de Santana
“Thinking about where and how the land that would house our home would be was very challenging and stimulating, it was the real beginning of this house’s history. When we first visited the condo, we felt enchanted by the atmosphere; it was like feeling that, for us, it could only be there!”

15 May 2020
Rio House, by Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro
Architects: Olson Kundig

photo : Maria Acayaba
Rio House adjacent to Tijuca National Park
After living in the urban core of Rio de Janeiro for many years, the clients wanted to build an intimate retreat on their property adjacent to the Tijuca National Park. The primary design goal for was to make the house as small as possible within its tropical jungle setting.

4 May 2020
Oasis House, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Salvador
Design: Studio Kyze Arquitetura e Design

photo : Manuel Sá
Oasis House in Feira de Santana
Just a few houses make up the gated community where this contemporary house is inserted. Away from the most busy avenues in the city, the area is dominated by a cozy silence and a well-wooded internal road.

1 May 2020
Sand House, Praia do Forte near Bahia, Salvador
Design: Studio Kyze Arquitetura e Design

photograph : Studio Kyze Arquitetura e Design
Sand House, Praia do Forte near Bahia
An almost 5 meters swing welcomes to Sand House, inserted in one of the most valued gated community of the exclusive Praia do Forte, a tropical paradise located 80 km north from the capital of Bahia, Salvador.

22 Jan 2020
3V House, São Paulo
Design: studio mk27

photo : Fernando Guerra
3V House in São Paulo
This new Brazilian property is located in a ‘gardened’ neighbourhood of São Paulo. The area was built on an old floodplain area. This condition brought us to the solution of slightly elevating the property land and its garden relative to the street level, thereby protecting it from the flooding rains that this area is subject to.

20 Jan 2020
FIO House in São Paulo

17 Jan 2020
Guaeca House, São Sebastião
Design: AMZ Arquitetos

photo : Maíra Acayaba
Guaeca House in São Sebastião
This new Brazilian property is located at the seaside, on the northern coast of São Paulo, in a gated community where wide grassy streets connect the lots to the beach.

13 Jan 2020
Rio House, Rio de Janeiro
Design: Jacobsen Arquitetura

image : Omega Render
Rio House near Itanhangá Golf Course, Rio de Janeiro
Located on a hillside near the Itanhangá golf course in Rio de Janeiro, this luxury contemporary residence is composed of two volumes that are jointly deposited on the ground.

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Brazilian Houses in 2019

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26 Dec 2019
House FY, Jaragua do Sul, Santa Catarina State
Design: PJV Arquitetura

photo : Larry Sestrem
House FY in Santa Catarina State, Brazil Home
The land has a big inclination both to the back side and to the north side. Its dimensions are of 26m x 40 m and the total area is of approximately 1,087 sqm.

6 Dec 2019
CMA House, Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro
Design: Jacobsen Arquitetura

photo : Fernando Guerra
CMA House in Angra dos Reis
CMA House is built out of steel structure, rough stone, natural wood and glass, the House sits on a steep slope that falls directly in the ocean, with neighbors on both sides.

27 Nov 2019
Green House, São Paulo
Architecture: AMZ Arquitetos

photograph : Maíra Acayaba
Green House in São Paulo
Commissioned by a young couple with three children, the house was built on one of the few remaining plots at a downtown neighborhood in São Paulo.

24 Jul 2019
Bridge House, Alphaville Private Country Club, Campinas
Architect: Diego Wisnivesky Arquitetos of ArcLab360

photograph : Diego Wisnivesky
Bridge House Campinas
This building links Nature and Technology: the residence stands on the site like a glider that is just about to touchdown.

10 May 2019
Lake House, Alvorada do Sul
Architects: Solo Arquitetos

photograph : Eduardo Macarios
Lake House in Alvorada do Sul
This contemporary Brazilian property is located next to the Paranapanema River. The residence design seeks to adapt to the geography, the lengthy shape of the site and to appreciate the beautiful view over the wetlands of the river.

22 Jan 2019
Casa Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul
Architect: Luciano Lerner Basso

photograph : Marcelo Donadussi, architect
Casa Erechim in Rio Grande do Sul
House 4.16.3 is located in the city of Erechim, in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, brazilian state, around 400 km from the state capital, Porto Alegre.

15 Jan 2019
IF House, Flora Boulevard, Ponta Negra, Natal-rn
Design: Martins Lucena Architects

photograph : Maíra Acayaba
IF House in Natal
The interaction of the volumes of pure geometric forms give rise to large swings open to provide shaded areas permeated by large ventilation provided by the system frames in aluminum, glass and wood.

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Brazilian Houses 2018

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27 Oct 2018
House FY in Santa Catarian State

14 May 2018
Jardim Paulistano Residence, São Paulo, SP
Architects: Perkins+Will

photo : Daniel Ducci
Jardim Paulistano House in São Paulo

Brazilian Houses 2017

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24 Oct 2017
Cerrado House, Moeda, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte
Design: Vazio S/A architects

image from architects
Cerrado House in Minas Gerais
The Cerrado is one of the country’s seven biomes and covers an area of 1.5 million km². It holds about a third of all Brazilian biodiversity, 5% of the world’s flora and fauna, and is home to the headwaters of the three largest hydrographic basins in the country (Amazon, São Francisco, and Paraná/ Paraguay).

6 Jul 2017
Casa 01, Criciuma, Santa Catarina
Design: ES arquitetura

photograph : SLAPHOTOSTUDIO
Criciuma House
Developed from its conception by a group of professionals from different areas, the project and the work of Casa 01 was developed with sustainability premises, trying to prove that one can build in a rational way, minimizing environmental impacts, transforming an object of living into an example object of change of habits in the construction and in the use of the residence.

5 Apr 2017
Casa Clara, Brasília, DF
Architects: 1:1 arquitetura:design

photograph : Edgard Cesar
Casa Clara in Brasilia
This property is mainly a small house, strong personality and clear solution (clear means Clara in Portuguese). The entire house is delicately supported on the downhill terrain.

14 Jan 2017
House C131, Franca, SP
Design: mf+arquitetos

photograph : Renato Moura
House in Franca
An intriguing cantilevered box supported on large wooden façade featuring project.

13 Jan 2017
Tropical Pool House, Gravataí, Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil
Design: Br3 arquitetos

photograph : Marcelo Donadussi
Tropical Pool House in Gravataí
This work was developed to compose the leisure area of an existing residence. Thus, this project organizes the following items: a pool, a deck and a kiosk, the latter being the central element of this composition.