O'Neil Ford Duograph 2: Brazil

House in Rio Bonito, 2002-2005, by Carla Juaçaba. House in Santa Teresa, 2005-2008 by Angelo Bucci. Edited and with a Foreword by Barbara Hoidn and Kevin Alter. With essays by Kristine Stiphany, Barbara Hoidn, Kevin Alter, Carla Juaçaba and Angelo Bucci. Photographs by Nelson Kon, Carla Juaçaba and Kevin Alter.

This volume is devoted to two residential buildings by Angelo Bucci and Carla Juaçaba. Both buildings are located in Rio de Janeiro. The house by Angelo Bucci is located in the vital central quarter of Santa Teresa high above the lower parts of town. Not visible from the street, the building reveals itself to the visitor in meticulously staged sequences until one reaches the highest point where the 360 degree panoramic views so typical for Rio de Janeiro literally imbue the entire building, almost dissolving itself into the cosmic energy of the city. Carla Juaçaba is contributing to this publication a vacation house located outside of Rio de Janeiro in a remote and virgin forest area in the immediate vicinity of the river Rio Bonito; a small solitaire, a spirited rejoinder to Laugier's cabanne rustique, unfolding epical dimensions despite its actual miniature size. 144 Seiten mit 153 Farb- und 23 s/w-Abb., Querformat 29 x 21,5 cm, broschiert (O'NFD_2 - O'Neil Ford Duograph Series; Vol. 2/The Centre for American Architecture and Design & The O'Neil Ford Chair in Architecture, University of Texas at Austin/Wasmuth Verlag 2009)