Studio Arthur Casas is a São Paulo–based architecture and design studio founded in 1990 by Arthur Casas, with an additional office in New York. Known for its elegant, modernist aesthetic grounded in Brazilian context and modernism tradition, the firm emphasizes thoughtful materiality, spatial clarity, and seamless integration of indoor and outdoor environments—balancing rational form with warm, lived-in quality.
With over 200 completed projects spanning residential, commercial, public works, interiors, and product design, the studio’s portfolio includes celebrated works such as the Pacaembu House, Hotel Pulso, and Angra dos Reis weekend house. Their work reflects a commitment to human-centered design, poetic clarity, and environmental responsiveness across Brazil and internationally.
LOCATION: São Paulo, Brazil (also New York)
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Brownstone is an architectural style present in New York. These buildings are known by being row and vertical houses with brownstone facades, placed in long and narrow grounds. The project consists on the refurbishment of one of…
Placed in a land with a native forest surrounding it, the NVD house was designed in order to attend the wishes of a couple with three children: having a weekend residence for relaxing and leisure moments to…
The RS apartment is a project that matches customer demand: surrounded by a 360º view of the Ipanema beach, it is a minimalist yet cozy and friendly place, where the owner family could go to spend some…
This São Paulo vacation home was built for a family with two adult children. The project is divided into two main volumes, displaced from one another. The ground floor contains the entire social area, while the upper…
The 200m2 syshaus house brings a new concept for contemporary living, where efficiency, practicality and sustainability are not only ideal, but also effective practices.
This modern summerhouse near São Paulo was built for a couple with three grown-up daughters. It had to conciliate the dichotomy between framing astonishing views to a golf course and woods towards the dark south and seeking…
The client, whose grown-up children left the family home, aimed for functionality and further integration between spaces now inhabited only by a couple. The volume of the house occupied almost the entire surface of the narrow and…
Built in 1910, this ground floor apartment with garden, located near Central Park, undergone a complete renovation that transformed dark compartmented spaces into an open and luminous dwelling. Only structural walls and installations from the upper levels…
