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Brazil's Architectural Landscape: Innovation and Community Focus

This month's architectural highlights in Brazil showcase practices pushing boundaries, collective construction methods, and projects deeply connected to their environment and communities. The selection includes new cultural interventions and recently completed buildings.

Two Brazilian practices, AGENCIA TPBA and Talles Lopes, were recognized by the 2026 ArchDaily Next Practices Awards for expanding the scope of architectural work beyond conventional formats. AGENCIA TPBA engages with installations, buildings, and urban proposals, while Lopes uses research to explore peripheral landscapes.

USINA CTAH exemplifies collective construction in social housing, emphasizing how self-management can reintegrate design, financing, and building processes. This approach challenges the separation of these elements caused by industrialization and specialization.

In Córrego do Feijão, MACh Architects and Connatural's Território-Parque project uses a landscape strategy centered on water to reconnect a community with its history after a dam collapse. It includes ecological spaces, public areas, and a memorial.

Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados designed the Santa Cruz School Kindergarten in São Paulo around a central courtyard. The modular building incorporates classrooms with individual backyards and adaptable spaces.

Alan Chu's Mirante de São Jorge in Chapada dos Veadeiros is an elevated lookout structure designed for minimal site impact, preserving the natural terrain and vegetation while offering panoramic views.

MASP in São Paulo has opened a subterranean passage connecting its two buildings, featuring a new 98-meter artwork by Beatriz Milhazes.

ArtRio 2026 in Rio de Janeiro features site-specific installations and outdoor interventions exploring art, architecture, and public space, with works positioned against iconic city backdrops.

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