Architecture and design news

PublicationSep 25

Glossário para a Cidade do Nosso Futuro com Esperança — Rio launch

A newly published interdisciplinary urbanism title connects climate change, city–nature relationships, and urban policy; its Rio launch was a timely local editorial opportunity, though the event has already passed.

Location

Livraria da Travessa de Ipanema, Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 572, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Organizations

Rio Books — Publisher of the book; ArchDaily also identifies Rio Books as an event organizer.; Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) — Academic affiliation of editor Thereza Carvalho; its graduate architecture and urbanism program announced an earlier book presentation.

Source

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade Federal Fluminense

ExhibitionSep 15

CASACOR Rio opens inside the newly retrofitted Edifício Aliança da Bahia

The exhibition’s 35th-anniversary edition pairs a large survey of Brazilian interiors with the temporary public occupation of a restored modernist office building in central Rio, tying design coverage to preservation and downtown revitalization.

Location

Edifício Aliança da Bahia, Rua Araújo Porto Alegre 36, Centro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Organizations

CASACOR — Exhibition organizer and platform; Ruy Rezende Arquitetura — Architect of the building retrofit; Maurício Nóbrega — Exhibition designer; Bel Lobo — Exhibition designer; Jairo de Sender — Exhibition designer; Paula Neder — Exhibition designer; Gisele Taranto — Exhibition designer; Cajoo Arquitetura — Exhibition design studio; Cadé Marino — Exhibition designer; Bric Arquitetura — Exhibition design studio; Fernanda Medeiros — Exhibition designer

Source

CASACOR

Event

MIS Copacabana offers public access during final construction phase

Public tours this weekend create a narrow access window to examine Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s long-delayed Rio museum before full completion. The project’s transformation of the Copacabana promenade into a vertical cultural route makes it a major Brazilian architecture story.

Location

Museu da Imagem e do Som Copacabana, Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Organizations

Diller Scofidio + Renfro — Design architect; Índio da Costa — Local architectural execution, as publicly credited; Fundação Museu da Imagem e do Som do Rio de Janeiro — Museum operator; Secretaria de Estado de Cultura e Economia Criativa do Rio de Janeiro — Government project sponsor; Fundação Roberto Marinho — Project and museological partner

Source

Secretaria de Estado de Cultura e Economia Criativa do Rio de Janeiro

ProjectAug 18

Steel superstructure begins rising at Andrade Morettin’s sustainable IMPA campus

The first steel column is a significant construction milestone for an award-winning Brazilian research campus that combines elevated lightweight pavilions, student housing and ambitious Atlantic Forest restoration measures.

Location

Rua Barão de Oliveira Castro, Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Organizations

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA) — Client and operator; Andrade Morettin Arquitetos — Architect; Brazilian Ministry of Education — Public funding partner; Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation — Public funding partner

Source

Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics