CASACOR Rio de Janeiro announces the lineup for the edition celebrating 35 years traduzido por: OPENROUTER

The CASACOR Rio de Janeiro has already defined the cast that will bring to life the commemorative edition of its 35th anniversary. Between September 15 and November 8, 2026, the historic Aliança da Bahia Building, recently restored and located in front of the Gustavo Capanema Palace, will host a group of professionals representing different generations, languages, and moments of Brazilian architecture and design. The building underwent a retrofit designed by the Ruy Rezende Arquitetura office, one of the leading names in Rio's architecture, reinforcing a dialogue between heritage and contemporaneity that the show will once again promote this year.

The edition reaffirms CASACOR Rio's vocation as a platform for valuing the city's architecture, design, landscaping, art, and culture, presenting the Carioca way of living to Brazil and to the world. By occupying an emblematic building in downtown Rio de Janeiro, the show broadens the dialogue between heritage, contemporaneity, and new ways of living, taking as its starting point the theme "Mind and Heart", which invites architects, interior designers, and landscapers to reflect on spaces devoted to welcoming, memory, well-being, and human connections. The layout of the show, led since 1998 by architect Mário Costa Santos, helps translate this concept into a spatial experience that, over the past decades, has become one of CASACOR Rio's trademarks.

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In a symbolic edition for the show's history, the cast was designed to bring together professionals who helped build CASACOR Rio's trajectory and debut offices that have been gaining national recognition, consolidating the show's mission to reveal talents and boost careers.

"The cast of this edition translates exactly what CASACOR Rio has built over 35 years: a platform capable of bringing together professionals from different generations, styles, and trajectories, promoting encounters between those who helped write our history and those who are designing the next chapters of Brazilian architecture. This diversity is one of the show's greatest riches and one of the reasons it has remained relevant for more than three decades", says Patricia Mayer, managing partner of CASACOR Rio.

"Celebrating our 35 years at the Aliança da Bahia Building is looking to history without losing sight of the future. The cast of this edition represents this movement: renowned professionals, young talents, and new offices occupying a modernist building that symbolizes the revitalization of downtown Rio. It is an encounter between memory, innovation, and creativity, values that have always been part of CASACOR's essence", adds Patricia Quentel, managing partner of CASACOR Rio.

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Architects who made history at the show

The commemorative edition brings together professionals who are part of CASACOR Rio de Janeiro's trajectory and have contributed to consolidating the show's identity over its 35 years. Among them are Erick Figueira de Mello, Gisele Taranto Arquitetura, PN+ | Paula Neder, SCC Arquitetos Associados, led by Sérgio Conde Caldas, and Jairo de Sender, who participated in the first edition of CASACOR Rio, in 1991, and returns precisely in the year the show celebrates its 35th edition.

Young talents in the spotlight

The new generation takes on a leading role in this edition. Recognized for signature projects, awards, and a contemporary production that has been gaining prominence on the national scene, Natalia Lemos Arquitetura, Cadé Marino, Tiago Freire + Arquitetos, Diego Raposo + Arquitetos, Tom Castro, and Pedro Coimbra, from Coimbra Arquitetura, represent different ways of thinking about contemporary architecture, balancing innovation, technique and sensitivity.

Debuts

CASACOR Rio also opens space for new perspectives. Among the debuts are Cajoo Studio, led by Caio Bruno and João Pedro Neri, which brings to the show a contemporary approach focused on design and experimentation, and Capuri Arquitetura, by Lucia Moura Buffara and Sylvia Moura, expanding the diversity of languages that characterizes the edition's lineup.

Completing the lineup

In addition to the highlighted professionals, participating in this edition are Amanda Miranda; Anna Beatriz Fadul; Ana Cano and Daniel Marques Mendes; Aurea Carvalho; Studio Claudia Pimenta e Patricia Franco; Cristina Japiassú; Fernanda Medeiros Arquitetura; Fernando Lanner Arquitetura; Jacira Pinheiro; Juliana Acar and Flavia Dias; LessaZanetta Arquitetura; Luan Freitas; Rafael Ramos Arquitetura e Interiores; Sebastian Gomez Arquitetura; and Sophia Abraham Interiores.

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