Casa Mirindaba by Marcio Kogan
Brazilian architect Marcio Kogan designed the Casa Mirindaba in São Paulo, Brazil.
The house exhibits Kogan’s trademark elegant and airy concrete box forms, lined with stone and Brazilian timber, while open spaces play with light, and blur the lines between in and outdoors.
Visit Marcio Kogan’s website – here.
Photography by Brazilian architectural photographer Nelson Kon
mari on 23 Nov 2008 at 6:37 am #
beautyful
alexandre on 23 Nov 2008 at 6:16 pm #
love the space, sooo biiiig
feels kinda cold though… (not like, impersonal… like, “i need a blanket”…)
Joe Philipson on 23 Nov 2008 at 6:22 pm #
wow it’s beautiful!
avenuegirl on 23 Nov 2008 at 6:31 pm #
Oh, just throw some popcorn on the floor and some leaves and junk in the pool. Add some scratches to the furniture and table – it’ll feel homey in no time. LOL
DR.VEGAS on 23 Nov 2008 at 11:00 pm #
Just stunning in every way.Are they in a gated community?…or one that’s heavily patrolled?
I hear stories about the caste system/crime problem down there.
marc__o on 24 Nov 2008 at 12:48 am #
Show us your work in Nevada and let’s discuss the caste system/crime problem in Las Vegas.
Manuel on 24 Nov 2008 at 4:54 am #
The armony of the materials, the light and the horizontal lines of this house has fascinated me.
Connie on 24 Nov 2008 at 1:02 pm #
One of the nicest homes I’ve seen so far (and I’ve seen a lot!). The ultimate in indoor/ outdoor living. Beautiful light and landscaping. The wood is warm and those wonderful stonewalls add texture – very warm, not cold at all.
Funny how different the perception can be!
Michael Nash on 24 Nov 2008 at 8:25 pm #
Seems inspired by Neutra’s Kaufman house in Palm Springs, yet updated with modern concepts. Not only in its aesthetic, but its function. Beautiful.
vmcjun on 25 Nov 2008 at 2:30 pm #
Fascinating work, congrats mr. architect i love your work i was impressed
Chany on 25 Nov 2008 at 11:37 pm #
Fascinating work
dan on 26 Nov 2008 at 5:18 am #
trabalho maravihoso Marcio, parabéns!!
blurika on 26 Nov 2008 at 4:59 pm #
this is end .very beautiful and wonderful.
i like it and i want it.
Linda on 27 Nov 2008 at 1:24 am #
Beautiful, love everything about it.
Michaela on 29 Nov 2008 at 8:22 am #
Absolutely Stunning! I want to see more..so I went to Marcio’s website but it’s so “creative” you can’t make heads or tails of it, if you don’t speak portuguese. Someone send him an email to tell him he has non-South American fans!!!!!
mathieu on 12 Dec 2008 at 1:46 pm #
that house is brazilian achitecture at its finess, the blend of material and the straight line, philip johnson would have love that house
Joe on 29 Dec 2008 at 10:32 am #
I hope that one day we outgrow the “machine for living” paradigm and its obsession with linearity for its own sake. This is another formulaic, T-square exercise that seems to dominate today’s architecture. Are designers so impoverished in originality that they cannot create forms and space that celebrate the human element foremost? Enough with cold rectangular surfaces and monotony of shapes and textures, with aseptic cages as barren and depressing as a surgical amphitheater. There should be a grant for student architects to go to Barcelona and absorb Gaudi, to Paris and Prague and breathe in Art Nouveau. There is more to architecture than the Bauhaus codex. Save this kind of building for industry and the military. Build Homes for people, not trendy, minimalist habitats that even gerbils would find tedious.
Alan Scott on 29 Dec 2008 at 12:52 pm #
Joe, this house was built for someone that wanted their house to be like this. They did not want Gaudi or Art Nouveau, they wanted this.
You might not enjoy this house, but that’s fine, because this house is not yours, and it was not built for you. This home is for the people who love it, and there are many who love it, even if you don’t.
Karen Saucedo on 12 Aug 2009 at 9:51 am #
I love the outdoors/in feeling and the sense of open flow. The stonework is beautiful and the inclusion of water and all the green. But the furnishings should be warmer. The overall feeling is of a public space, not a home.
DJERRY on 09 Oct 2009 at 7:20 am #
I BELIVE THAT HE AND ISAY WEINFILD THEY ARE THE GREAT RESIDENCIAL DISIGNER IN BRASIL
Glazed on 12 Nov 2009 at 9:59 pm #
How does the top floor span so far over the outdoor living space, is it really just a beam or does the upper floor act as a truss? Or does one side cantilever over the wall, reducing the stress on that span?
Rory on 05 Jan 2010 at 11:31 pm #
My cup of tea.
Contemporary Stylish. Very inviting and great use of stone. One of the best I have seen.