Brazil
The skies darkening with smoke over the Amazon rainforest seem too literal a symbol of Brazil's tenuous future. As Jair Bolsonaro's government strips the nation's cultural institutions of funding, as public projects are strained by their own procurement, as threats to Amazon tribes beget threats to the future of our planet, we are reminded that what happens to Brazil happens to all of us

Building Brazil: from the Cariocas to the Paulistas to the now
Fernando SerapiãoEmerging from the desolation wrought by war, the Modernism of the Carioca and Paulista schools inspired successive generations of architects in Brazil with hope and ...
Social climber: SESC 24 de Maio cultural centre in São Paulo, Brazil by Paulo Mendes da Rocha and MMBB Arquitetos
Eleanor BeaumontA modern-day social condenser, Paulo Mendes da Rocha and MMBB’s SESC 24 de Maio is a utopian vision in an increasingly dystopian political climate
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Revisit: Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by Roberto Burle Marx
Francesco Perrotta-BoschAvenida Atlântica in Rio de Janeiro, including landscape designed by Roberto Burle Marx, is a site of social coexistence, but the surrounding neighbourhood is a far-righ...
Portfolio: Noelia Monteiro, Estúdio Flume
Francesco Perrotta-BoschEstúdio Flume works in remote locations across Brazil, providing agroforestry workers with spaces tailored to their production processes
Roberto Burle Marx (1909–1994)
Catherine Seavitt NordensonDespite the ethical complexities of collaborating with a military regime, Burle Marx made his voice heard as an environmental advocate
Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
João Masao KamitaAt points across his long career an uncomfortable, arguably luxurious, figure, the Brazilian architect’s work neverthless persisted with a vision of democratic utop...