In the competition for the Olympic Port in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the winning entries have been announced.  Sponsored by the City Government through the Instituto Pereira Passos, organized by the Rio de Janeiro chapter of the Institute of Architects of Brazil, and supported by…

Following up on last week's story about Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento's submission to the MUMA Museum of the Environment Expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden, today we bring you the entry by Rio-based Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos, with Daniel Feldman and…

Architects Jose Herrasti and Maria Fernanda Oppermann Bento have shared with us their design proposal for the MUMA Museum of the Environment expansion in the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. The exciting concept draws its main inspiration from the shape of the roots of the Botanical Garden 'Walking' Tree. …

Brasilia, a group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil, will be on view at 1500 Gallery September 9-November 27, 2010.

If you’re in the New York area this summer, go and check out a new exhibition that opens tomorrow, June 24, at the AIA-NY’s Center for Architecture (536 LaGuardia Place, NYC): Our Cities Ourselves: The…

Olympic Games are always a terrific occasion to flex the architectural muscles beyond your every-day-joe-schmo assignment. For the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Swiss studio RAFAA flexed quite a bit and propose the competition entry “Solar City Tower” that—packed with solar panels and sustainable features—wants…

New York-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro has won the competition for the new Museum of Image and Sound (MIS) on Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro‘s postcard beach.