Meet 12 Brazilian professionals who are featured on the AD100 list

Architectural Digest 's annual selection of the 100 most prominent and distinguished architects, designers and decorators in activity shed light on 12 Brazilian professionals who have been revolutionizing Latin America with their signature projects. So, below, get to know and check out the work of these professionals from Brazil who were highlighted in this year's AD 100 !

1. Carla Juacaba Studio

Architect Carla Juaçaba 's projects are born from the observation of a place, its geography and even its events, and she focuses on developing the concept of sustainability , thanks to an innovative, multisectoral and collaborative approach with other disciplines.

2. Rodrigo Oliveira Landscaping

An agricultural engineer by training, Rodrigo Oliveira has worked as a landscaper for 30 years. A nature lover, he believes in the proposal of an organic, naturalistic and spontaneous language , which brings him closer to nature in its purest conception.

3. Isay Weinfeld Architecture

Isay Weinfeld is one of the leading contemporary Brazilian architects, with a career spanning over 40 years and a multidisciplinary office, with which he has carried out the most diverse projects and formats, from architecture and interior design to cinema.

4. Studio Arthur Casas

With projects in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Tokyo, Paris, Lisbon and New York, and an architectural repertoire that includes several typologies, Brazilian architect Arthur Casas places humanism as the basis of his work. Each space he takes on must reflect the specificity of who will inhabit it.

5. Studio MK27

There is a Japanese term that fascinates Marcio Kogan: " shokunin", which is the search for perfection, for continuous improvement. "I would like to think that the work of the studio represents attention to detail and the effort to create impeccable architecture", said the creative about the office he founded in the 1970s, and with which he has today become one of the most important in contemporary architecture.

6. Isabel Duprat Landscape Architecture

With offices in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Lisbon, Jacobsen Arquitetura develops architecture and interior design projects on a global scale. For the duo Paulo and Bernardo Jacobsen , the potential relationships established between the architectural project and the natural landscape, as well as indigenous and colonial roots, and the influence of modernism, contributed to the concept of "tropical architecture" : a contemporary aesthetic of which they are representatives.

8. Fernanda Marques Architecture

For architect Fernanda Marques , architecture and interior design are not only responsible for giving shape to a building, but also mean going from the most intimate detail to the macro, and managing within this spectrum has been her main objective throughout her successful career.

9. Renata Tilli Landscaping

In addition to creating gardens, Renata Tilli creates landscapes that move those who see and experience them. Since she was a child, she has been in contact with and observed nature, as she is part of the third generation of a family dedicated to growing plants and preserving the jungle.

10. Tetro Architecture

The trio of professionals Carlos Maia, Débora Mendes and Igor Macedo base their practice on the careful study of the premises and conditions presented by the location and the client, to arrive at unique and unrepeatable solutions. Integration with nature , the use of materials in their original form and the exploration of blank space are characteristics that permeate their work, from urban scales to furniture.

11. Studio Guilherme Torres

Guilherme Torres understands his work as a fusion of vernacular techniques and technologies, and envisions a future that values ​​craftsmanship and sustainable construction techniques . His projects especially explore what happens outdoors; the great context of his interiors is nature.

12. Alex Hanazaki

Considered one of the great names in contemporary Brazilian art, Alex Hanazaki presents an approach that involves designing gardens “as if they were works of art”. His childhood in the small town of Presidente Prudente , in the interior of São Paulo, rooted him in the land, while his Japanese heritage influences his minimalist and detail-oriented sensibility.