House of the Day: Taquari House by Ney Lima
June 21st, 2016
June 21st, 2016
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Located in Brazil’s Distrito Federal, this family home was designed around a savanna tree that sat at the heart of the existing site. The U-shaped building centres around the tree, which has become the centre point of the structure.
Photography: Edgard Cesar
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