Brazil Architecture : Brazilian Buildings
Key Contemporary Architectural Developments in South America
post updated 9 October 2026
Brazil Architecture Designs : links
Celebrated Brazilian buildings in Rio include the recently-opened Museum of Tomorrow designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, Cidade da Musica Roberto Marinho, the Ministry of Education building by Oscar Niemeyer / Le Corbusier, the Niterói Contemporary Art Museum and the Oscar Niemeyer Popular Theatre. Major architects with buildings in Rio de Janeiro include Richard Meier & Partners, BCMF Arquitetos, Atelier Christian de Portzamparc, AECOM and Andrade Morettin Arquitetos.
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Property designs by city:
Belo Horizonte Architecture News
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Brazilian Architecture
Brazilian Architecture Designs in 2026
5 October 2026
Casa Matriz Vespasiano, Minas Gerais
Architecture Design: Estúdio Zargos
photos : Manuel Sá, Studio Tertúlia, Estúdio Zargos
28 September 2026
Jeronimo Faria Lima Tower, São Paulo
Architecture: Perkins&Will
picture @ omanuelsa
We choose key examples of Brazil Architecture. Buildings are mostly located on the Atlantic coast. We aim to include Brazilian buildings / projects that are either of top quality or interesting, or ideally both.
We cover completed Brazilian buildings, new building designs and architectural exhibitions. We also post architecture competitions across Brasil. The focus is on contemporary Brazilian buildings but information on traditional architecture is also welcome.
Key Brazil Building Designs in 2025, chronological:
17 December 2025
Edificio Miro Tower, Curimataí, Buenópolis, Minas Gerais
Architect: Henrique Hoffman
photo : Jomar Bragança
11 December 2025
Millenial Building Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais Estado
Design: Henrique Hoffman
photograph : Jomar Bragança
29 November 2025
Colégio Domum, Juazeiro do Norte, Cariri region, Ceará state, northeastern Brazil
Design: Lins Arquitetos Associados
photo : Joana França
27 November 2025
Biblioteca dos Saberes, Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Nova neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil
Design: Kéré Architecture
render © Kéré Architecture
16 September 2025
Baffi Restaurant, Porto Allegre, Rio Grande do Sul, southern region of Brazil
Architects: Alencar
photo : Leonardo Finotti
22 June 2025
Salma Tower, São Paulo
Architectural Design: aflalo/gasperini arquitetos
photo © Pedro Mascaro
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Brazil Architecture News
Brazil Building Designs in 2024, chronological:
17 April 2024
SAP Labs Latin America, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Allegre, Rio Grande do Sul, southern region of Brazil
Architect: Hype Studio + Triptyque
photos by Marcelo Donadussi, Vini Dalla Rosa
10 February 2024
HELP – Teaching Hospital and Research Laboratories, Campina Grande, Northeast Brasil
Architecture: Contemporanea Arquitetura e Interiores
photo : Vilmar Costa
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Brazil Buildings News in 2016 to 2023, chronological:
5 November 2023
Ambiental Santos Headquarters, Paraná
Design: Solo Arquitetos
photo : Eduardo Macarios
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17 August 2021
Gávea Contemporâneo Rio de Janeiro
Design: Cité Arquitetura
photo : Wagner Ziegelmeyer
The Gávea neighborhood has the presence of one of the largest universities of the city, many schools, theaters, several bars, and restaurants, as well as cultural centers and the municipal planetarium. At the same time, its tree-lined streets have a certain calmness.
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9 Aug 2016
Casa Italia for the 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro
Interior design: Claudia Pignatale / Secondome with Edra
photo from architects
3 Aug 2016
Amazon Sports Complex Building, Manaus
Design: gmp Architekten von Gerkan, Marg und Partner
photo : Marcus Bredt
Built for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, this stadium in Manaus will now host six matches (four men’s, two women’s) in the group stages of the Olympic Games 2016 football tournaments.
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15 Aug 2013
New Mineirão Stadium, Belo Horizonte
Design: BCMF Arquitetos
Pampulha, Belo Horizonte: A modernist building in a modernist landscape.
Inaugurated in 1965 (original design by Eduardo Mendes Guimarães Júnior e Gaspar Garreto) as the second largest stadium in the world, the Mineirão Stadium is located in the surroundings of the Pampulha Lagoon, close to Oscar Niemeyer’s and Burle Marx seminal modernist architecture and landscape works, one of Belo Horizonte’s main postcards.
28 May 2013
Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba, Brazil – added
Design: Oscar Niemeyer Architect
photo : John Lima
8 Apr 2013
Pavilhao Humanidade Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
Design: Carla Juacaba
photograph : Leonardo Finotti
The architects proposed a scaffold building, translucent, exposed to all weather conditions: light, heat, rain, sounds of waves and wind, reminding man of his frailty when compared to nature.
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói – MAC, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro – added
Date built: 1996
Design: Oscar Niemeyer Architect
photo © Marcela Grassi
Symbolic World Cup Structure Competition, Rio de Janeiro
[AC-CA] Design Contest
image from competition organiser
The aim of this International Competition is to design a free standing World Cup Structure in the heart of Rio de Janeiro during the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Teatro Popular de Niteroi, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro – added
2007
Design: Oscar Niemeyer Architect
photo © Marcela Grassi
18 Jan 2013
Studio R São Paulo, Brasil
Design: studio mk27 – Marcio Kogan with Gabriel Kogan + Oswaldo Pessano
photograph : Fernando Guerra
The Loft Studio faces a small urban square and opens entirely to the outside. The photography studio’s inner space flows into the side gardens of the building.
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Brazilian Architecture News Highlights from 2012
Brazilian Architecture photos, Brasil building architects, Modern property news, Brasil real estate designs in 2012
14 Sep 2012
Botanique Hotel & Spa Brazil, Campos do Jordão, western Brazil
Design: Candida Tabet Arquitetura
Following proudly in the footsteps of giants of Brazilian architecture like Oscar Niemeyer and Affonso Reidy, the Candida Tabet Arquitetura will be unveiling their latest masterpiece, Botanique Hotel & Spa. Nestled amid the untouched hills and mountains of Campos do Jordão and situated between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, the idyllic complex will be set on 700 acres.
7 Sep 2012
Mané Garrincha Stadium Brasília, Brasília, central Brazil
Design: gmp – von Gerkan, Marg & Partners
7 Sep 2012
Minerião Stadium, Belo Horizonte
Design: gmp – von Gerkan, Marg & Partners
4 Jun 2012
Carmo Advogados Cuiaba, western Brazil
Design: Márcia Miranda + Éder Bispo – arquitetos (MMEB arquitetos)
Because it is an expansion, an attachment, we chose a harmonious integration with the existing building, on a site of modest dimensions, with a program of needs that conditioned the use of its whole construction potential.
22 May 2012
Convida Suape Brasil, Cabo de Santo Agostinho, near Recife, north east Brazil
Design: Broadway Malyan
Launch of Broadway Malyan’s vision for new Brazilian city of 100,000.
The masterplan vision for Convida Suape, a new city in Northeastern Brazil, designed by global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan, has been officially launched by the practice’s client, Moura Dubeux Engineering and Cone S/A.
11 May 2012
Mineirão Stadium, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
BCMF Arquitetos
Brazil is big and young. The state of Minas Gerais, for instance, has the surface of France with the population of Holland. Its capital, Belo Horizonte, now has more than three and a half million inhabitants and is barely 100 years old.
1 Feb 2012
Nestle Factory, Caçapava, south east Brasil
Design: METRO Arquitetos
Nestle Factory Brasil
The main intention of the building design for Nestle factory’s visiting areas was to create a landmark in the generic landscape of the highway that connects São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, revealing the existence of a public and accessible space.
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Brazilian Building News Highlights from 2011
24 Nov 2011
H3O Park, Belo Horizonte
Design: M3 Arquitetura, Vazio S/A, MAch, Silvio Todeschi, Alexandre Campos
H3O Park
This slum upgrading in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, was awarded best institutional building in the award ‘The Best of Architecture 2011’, sponsored by Brazilian magazine – Arquitetura & Construção.
10 Sep 2011
Montevideo 285, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Design: Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Montevideo 285 Building
285 Montevideo has an atypical storey with larger windows, split levels, planting boxes and an 8-feet ceiling height, what was possible thanks to the maximum utilization of the height allowed by local building regulations.
26 Jul 2011
Byte Building, Brasilia
DOMO Arquitetos Associados
The Byte building is an office building with approximately 2.900sqm in the outskirts of Brasília. It is a building that houses the administrative headquarters of a school that gives courses through the web. It has open-floor office spaces and a ground floor space for training courses and exhibitions.
4 Jul 2011
Rio Olympic Port Competition
João Pedro Backheuser / Ignasi Riera – winners
The winning design for this development, which aims at the revitalization and redevelopment of the port city of Rio de Janeiro, was announced at the Brazilian Institute of Architects of Brazil (IAB-RJ) in Rio de Janeiro.
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Architecture in Brazil
Major Brazil Building Projects, A-C, alphabetical:
Bread Museum, Ilópolis, RS
Brasil Arquitetura
Casa Panamá, São Paulo
Marcio Kogan
Café Estação Ciência, São Paulo
Una Arquitetos
Cidade da Musica : Brazilian concert hall, Rio
Atelier Christian de Portzamparc
Deodoro Shooting Center, Rio de Janeiro
Design: BCMF Arquitetos
Deodoro Shooting Center
Strong horizontal lines predominate in this concrete sports complex located on a roughly rectangular plot in a breathtaking valley surrounded by mountains peaks. The complex has indoor and outdoor facilities such as training halls and grandstands, and features parking and service areas.
Deodoro Equestrian Center, Rio de Janeiro
Design: BCMF Arquitetos
Deodoro Equestrian Center
Favelas Buildings, Belo Horizonte
Design: Horizontes Arquitetura / Fernando Luiz Lara
Favelas Buildings
Fibrasa Connection, Vitória, Espírito Santo
Design: Königsberger Vannucchi Architects
Fibrasa Connection
The project located in Vitória, Espírito Santo, received the title of largest marker of augmented reality in the world registered by Guinness World Records. At the launch of the building, the augmented reality – technology that integrates virtual and reality elements – was used in a innovative way.
Forneria San Paolo
Design: Marcio Kogan Arquitetos
Forneria San Paolo
The restaurant Forneria San Paolo is located in an upscale mall of São Paulo. The concept of the project was to build a simple space, almost minimalist, which would also establish an architectural play of materials and transparencies.
Hyundai Pavilion Brasil, São Paulo, south Brazil
Spadoni & Associados Arquitetura
Igatu Museum, Bahia
Brasil Arquitetura
Igatu Museum
Image and Audio Museum, Rio de Janeiro
Diller Scofidio + Renfro win
Museu da Imagen e de Som
Itaboraí Building, Rio de Janeiro
Andrade Morettin Arquitetos
Itaborai Architecture Competition
Japanese Immigration Memorial
Gustavo Penna
Japanese Immigration Memorial
Lagoa Seca Mining, Belo Horizonte
Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Lagoa Seca Mining
Living Steel : 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing
Brazilian Architecture Competition : Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
Micasa store / showroom, SP
Design: Marcio Kogan
Brazilian store
Museum of Image & Sound, Rio de Janeiro
Design: Diller Scofidio + Renfro – win
Museu da Imagen e de Som, Rio de Janeiro
Design: Santiago Calatrava
Museum of Tomorrow
Numero Bar, São Paulo
Design: Isay Weinfeld arquiteto
Numero Bar
Paineiras Hotel Complex, Rio de Janeiro
2009-11
Paineiras Hotel – Architecture Competition
Patchwork Pavilion, Brasilia
Design: DOMO Arquitetos Associados
Brasilia building temporary art gallery
Primetime Nursery School, SP
Marcio Kogan
Brazilian nursery school
Rio Olympic Park Buildings, Rio de Janeiro
BCMF Arquitetos
Rodin Museum, Salvador, Bahia
Brasil Arquitetura
Rodin Museum Building
Roxy / Josefine, Belo Horizonte
Fred Mafra architect
Brazilian Nightclub
School in Campinas
UNA arquitetos
Brazilian school building
Theater Unicamp Campus, Campinas
Una Arquitetos
Theater Campinas
Top Towers São Paulo – Housing
Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Assoc.
Topographical Amnesias
Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Topographical Amnesias
Vila del Rey
Vazio S/A Arquitetura e Urbanismo
Vila del Rey
Villas Fasano, Porto Feliz
Isay Weinfeld arquiteto
Youturn Pavilion São Paulo
UNStudio
Youturn Pavilion São Paulo
More Brazilian Architecture projects online soon.
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Brazil Buildings – No Images
Major Brazil Building Projects, A-C, alphabetical:
Brazilian Museum of Sculpture, São Paulo
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Catedral Metropolitana, Brasilia
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Oscar Niemeyer
Metropolitan Cathedral building : celebrated Modern Brazilian Architecture
The Chapel of San Francisco de Assisi, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte
1943
Oscar Niemeyer
Congresso Nacional, Brasilia
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Oscar Niemeyer
David Beckham Football centre, Natal
2008-
AFL
Forma Furniture Showroom, SP
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
proposal, Rio de Janeiro
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Jean Nouvel
Iberê Camargo Foundation headquarters, Porto Alegre
Dates built: 2000-08
Álvaro Siza
Itamaraty Palace – Ministry of External Affairs building, Brasilia
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Oscar Niemeyer
Ministry of Education building, Rio de Janeiro
1936-45
Oscar Niemeyer with Le Corbusier
Museum of the Republic + National Library Buildings, Brasilia
2006
Oscar Niemeyer
Palacio da Alvorada – Palace of Dawn, Brasilia
1958; restored 2005
Oscar Niemeyer
Patriarch Plaza Redevelopment, SP
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulistano Athletics Club Building
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Pinacoteca do Estado Renovation, SP
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Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Supreme Labour Court, Brasilia
2006
Oscar Niemeyer
More Brazilian Architecture projects online soon
Location: Brazil, South America
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Brazil Architecture Links
Brazilian Architecture Studios
Key Brazilian architects: Oscar Niemeyer, Lucio Costa, da Rocha
Living Steel: 2nd International Architecture Competition for Sustainable Housing
Brazilian Architecture Competition : Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
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South America Architectural Designs
Building Developments in Brazilian Neighbours
Brazilian Institute for Architects – President : Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Comments / photos for the Brazil Architecture Designs page welcome.