Brazilian Homes Score With Modern Style and Fun

All eyes are on Brazil, and regardless of whom you’re cheering for, Brazilian design is a guaranteed winner. From Oscar Niemeyer’s modern masterpieces in Brasília, to the whimsical promenade by Roberto Burle Marx at Rio de Janeiro Beach and Sergio Rodrigues’ loungeworthy furniture, modernism in Brazil plays by its own rules.

Let’s take a look at three modern Brazilian homes that don’t forget to bring the fun. Though each is distinct, it’s easy to see a common thread between them and their predecessors. Simple geometry puts a strong emphasis on color and maximizing social space. Yes, there are steel and concrete, but there are also teal and bright yellow.

The Box House, Brasília

1:1 Arquitetura:Design

Photography by Edgard Cesar

Our first house takes us to Brasília, Brazil’s capital, in the country’s central western region. The city was planned and developed from scratch by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer in 1956 along with landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, before becoming the country’s capital in 1960. Brasília is full of modernist architectural masterpieces and is a Unesco World Heritage Site. It’s also one of the World Cup’s host cities.

This house, by 1:1 Arquitetura:Design, is a 700-square-foot (65-square-meter) concrete box. The structure was designed so that the room configuration could be easily redesigned. Designers Eduardo Sáinz Márquez and Lilian Glayna maximized the house for gatherings of the homeowner and friends.

Márquez and Glayna wrapped Cor-Ten steel around the glass door entries, marking the home’s threshold. Brasília’s climate is comparable to that of Southern California and Australia, so this overhang also functions as a shade structure during the day. At night the house can be opened to bring in cool, fresh air.

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Brazilian Homes Score With Modern Style and Fun