Tag: Paulo

  • ‘On This Side of the World’: Paulo K Tiról talks Filipino musical

    ‘On This Side of the World’: Paulo K Tiról talks Filipino musical

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    It was a rainy day in New York City in 2018. The gloomy weather persisted as Paulo K Tiról prepared to introduce one of his songs at Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater as part of a group show. It was among the songs he was working on focused on the experiences of Filipino American…

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  • A Modern, São Paulo Apartment That Brings the Outdoors Inside

    A Modern, São Paulo Apartment That Brings the Outdoors Inside

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    Located in a 1962 building in São Paulo, the Terrace Apartment is designed for modern times by Estudio Guto Requena. The Brazilian firm redesigned the apartment into one filled with flexible and reconfigurable spaces that adapt for different uses. To meet the owner’s request of having a balcony in a building without them, they transformed…

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  • FGMF wraps São Paulo skyscraper around “internal semi-public square”

    FGMF wraps São Paulo skyscraper around “internal semi-public square”

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    Local architecture studio FGMF Arquitetos has created a multi-use skyscraper in São Paulo named POD Pinheiros that includes an open-air central atrium. The 24-storey tower was constructed in the city’s Pinheiros district as housing that simultaneously creates vertical public space containing shops. FGMF designed a mix-used tower in São Paulo It consists of eight storeys of…

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  • Artists fill derelict São Paulo apartment building with installations

    Artists fill derelict São Paulo apartment building with installations

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    Brazilian developer Somauma has converted three floors in the derelict Virginia Building in downtown São Paulo into an installation that incorporates the work of more than a hundred artists and designers for Design Week São Paulo. The exhibition, called O Tempo das Graças, is part of a development project that seeks to bring art and…

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  • Tria Arquitetura renovates São Paulo penthouse with sculptural staircase

    Tria Arquitetura renovates São Paulo penthouse with sculptural staircase

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    A large variety of art and collectible design pieces populate this penthouse apartment in São Paulo, designed by local studio Tria Arquitetura, which also includes a sculptural staircase. The renovation of the 960-square-metre Frederic Chopin Apartment was led by architect Marina Cardoso de Almeida of Tria Arquitetura, who reconfigured the layout to make the most…

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