A shipping container is recycled into a chic nature retreat in Brazil
When a client approached Bruno Zaitter with a request for a minimalist and sustainable getaway in Brazil’s Balsa...
Brazil turns down international aid for Amazon wildfires
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro is busy tweeting and arguing with French president Emmanuel Macron while enormous...
Wildfires are decimating the Amazon rainforest at unprecedented rates
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has clashed with environmentalists since taking office in January. But criticisms...
Save the environment by pooping less, says Bolsonaro
Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro recently suggested that people could save the environment if their bowels moved...
A modernist home in Brazil brings a tropical garden indoors
Designed by São Paulo-based architecture firm BZP Arquitetura, the Casa Flamenco is a modernist home that makes...
Satellites show hope for Brazil’s disappearing Atlantic forest
While international media focuses on the important and devastating losses in the Amazon rainforest, an extensive...
Sculptural Slab House creates “ecological corridors” in the Brazilian mountains
Belo Horizonte-based Tetro Arquitetura e Engenharia has completed the Inclined Slab House, a contemporary residence...
A modern farmstay suite minimizes site impact in Brazil
In the state of Paraná in the south of Brazil, architect Bruno Zaitter has created a contemporary and low-impact...
This beekeepers workshop uses sustainable design to minimize its footprint
In a bid to save northern Brazil’s rainforests from deforestation and land exploitation, São Paulo-based architecture...
Vegan shoes from Insecta are a stylish option for eco-friendly footwear
Brazilian company Insecta is defying the stereotype that eco-friendly fashion can’t be stylish with its line...
Hidden in the Vinhedo rainforests of Brazil, this glass house was built for a scholar
The architects at Atelier Branco Arquitetura were asked to build a glass house that could accommodate the owner’s...
Brazilian Biodiversity Information System is bringing Brazil’s biological diversity to the internet
As one of the most biologically diverse countries on Earth, Brazil is taking steps to consolidate all of the nation’s...
This Brazilian beach house is made from locally-sourced natural materials
The architects at MNMA Studio have created a natural beachy oasis made of eco-friendly elements in the region of...
Cargill announces plan to reduce deforestation from cocoa
One of the worlds top three food corporations, Cargill, announced a plan to reduce deforestation caused by their...
Award-winning innovation center harnesses recycled rainwater and solar energy
Rio de Janeiro-based architecture firm Atelier77 recently completed CASA FIRJAN, an innovation center that’s...
Eco-friendly guesthouse in Brazil sports a green roof and rammed earth walls
In continuation of its work on the eco-conscious Camburi community center, Sao Paulo-based architecture firm CRU!...
Nature-inspired art gallery is built from bamboo and reused bricks
Belgium- and Brazil-based design practice CRU! architects channeled its passion for bamboo architecture and natural...
Bamboo community center empowers the local Brazilian community
The beautiful beach town of Camburi, Brazil, has gained a new community center that not only serves as a communal...
Energy-producing pavilion proposal for Expo 2020 mimics Brazil’s biomes
Architect Gabriel Kozlowski has proposed a stunning, energy-producing structure for the Brazilian pavilion...
RIBA crowns Children Village in Brazil as the world’s best new building
On the edge of a rainforest in northern Brazil, a recently built school complex by Brazilian architecture firms...
Sculptural Sunset Houses mimic waves with rainwater-collecting roofs
Named after their spectacular sunset views, the Sunset Houses are two seaside homes set into a slope in the idyllic...
Flood frequency of the Amazon River has increased fivefold
New data suggest that flooding in the Amazon River has dramatically increased by as much as five times in both...
Massive green-roofed home in Brazil features a series of ramps
São Paulo-based Una Arquitetos has completed a massive home in the municipality of Cotia that unites its various...
Brazil meets a major emissions goal two years ahead of schedule
Brazil has just announced that it has cut 2017 greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation to levels far below...
A budget-friendly bamboo house was completed in just 10 months
Brazilian architecture firm Vilela Florez designed Casa Bambu (Bamboo House), a breezy, contemporary home in northeast...
Pollution Pods let visitors taste pollution from around the world
Air pollution is a silent killer responsible for millions of death worldwide. In a bid to highlight the environmental...
Newly discovered Amazon structures change what we know about ancient civilization
Researchers at the University of Exeter have discovered 81 earthworks known as geoglpyhs across 1,200 miles of...
Non-profit uses gunshot detection technology and solar energy to protect the rainforest
San Francisco-based non-profit Rainforest Connection has created a unique, technologically advanced system to defend...
This breezy bamboo amphitheater pops up in just 25 days
A beautiful bamboo amphitheater has risen in the lush tropics of Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian studio Bambutec Design...
Massive sinkhole opens up in the middle of a Brazilian farming town
Watch your step! An enormous sinkhole has opened up in the tiny municipality of Coromandel, in the State of Minas...