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Rio de Janeiro, a vibrant city steeped in history and culture, enchants visitors from around the globe. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese, Rio served as the

Two-year journey aims to empower young conservationists.

Two-year journey aims to empower young conservationists.

Two-year journey aims to empower young conservationists.

Two-year journey aims to empower young conservationists.

The Gávea Tourist Hotel was designed in the 1950s, but the construction company responsible for the project went bankrupt and never completed the works.

A small favela in Rio shows how it’s done by building its own sustainable sanitation and energy systems.

Completed in 2018 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Images by Tuca Reinés, André Nazareth. MB House is part of our endless search for the essence of the Brazilian house. In a very compact plot, which is urban but also surrounded by the...

Discover when medical scientific discourses, became intertwined with discourses of architecture, landscape, urban planning, and aesthetics in Brazil.

The favela community of Vale Encantado in Rio de Janeiro are using a biosystem for sewage treatment and solar panels to make their neighbourhood economically and environmentally self-sufficient, while facing down a long-term threat of eviction.  Nestled in the Tijuca Forest in Rio de Janeiro’s north zone, the favela community of Vale Encantado was founded... <a class="view-article" href="https://soundsandcolours.com/subjects/environment/building-self-sufficient-communiti...