Kristin Bethge
Architecture
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Edifícios Locarno and Lugano, twin residential towers in Higienópolis in Brazil’s largest city, were designed by German architect Adolf Franz Heep in the 1950s. The modernist apartment blocks remain comfortable homes to this day.
Design
São Paulo, South America’s rising design capital
A new pool of young talent is lifting the city’s creative ambitions. We speak to a few creatives leading the way.
Culture
São Paulo’s art scene revitalises amid political shifts and cultural renewal
Paulistano artists, galleries and art fairs have emerged from the ruinous Bolsonaro years with a new urgency to make their mark.
Travel and restaurants
From Rio to Ubatuba: Discovering the culture and ecology of Brazil’s BR-101 Coastline
Fuelled by fresh fish, fruit and a few glasses of sugar-cane rum, we journey along Brazil’s often under-appreciated coastline.
