Architecture in Brazil

Discover 24 places to experience unusual architecture in Brazil.

Lagoinha Ruins

Lagoinha, Brazil

Lagoinha Ruins

A place of enchantment where stories of the past seem to come to life.

São Paulo, Brazil

Martinelli Building

This skyscraper once housed weapons during the revolution and was the scene of two brutal crimes that shocked São Paulo society.

Restaurante Coatí

Salvador, Brazil

Casa Coati

This modernist building is the last remnant of an ambitious plan to restore a neighborhood.

The Tower as seen from the parking lot below

Brasília, Brazil

Torre de TV Digital

One of the last designs from architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Walter Galera Garden

São Paulo, Brazil

Walter Galera Garden

Hidden in plain sight, this lush garden sits atop one of the most iconic buildings in São Paulo.

The Big Worm.

Brasília, Brazil

The Big Worm

This kilometer-long university building is an unexpected architectural delight.

Museu de Arte de São Paulo

São Paulo, Brazil

Museu de Arte de São Paulo

This singular art museum in São Paulo is unique inside and out.

The Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves

Bento Gonçalves, Brazil

Capela Nossa Senhora das Neves

After a terrible drought, townspeople used wine to build this church.

Angel sculptures hanging from the Cathedral of Brasília.

Brasília, Brazil

Cathedral of Brasília

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.

Pomerode's German architecture on display at the Carl Weege house museum.

Pomerode, Brazil

Carl Weege Immigrant House Museum

The preserved home of the first settler of "the most German town in Brazil."

Christ carrying the cross - Aleijadinho

Ouro Preto, Brazil

Museu do Aleijadinho

A display of works by one of the world masters sacred art, an 18th-century Brazilian sculptor nicknamed "the little cripple."

Paraty Casa de Cultura

Masonic Symbols of Paraty

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

The extravagant crypts at the São Paulo Cathedral.

São Paulo, Brazil

Crypt of the São Paulo Cathedral

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Aerial view of Hotel Unique with red pool on top

São Paulo, Brazil

Hotel Unique

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

Water tower and other building in Fordlandia, Brazil.

Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.