With its first foray into Sao Paulo's high-rise residential market, local architecture practice Una has daringly rethought the role of this signature building type in Brazil's biggest metropolis. In recent decades, most apartment complexes built in Sao Paulo sought to isolate residents from their wider environment. But Una's latest project, Huma Klabin (a moniker that combines the real-estate developer's name with that of the surrounding neighborhood) instead strives for harmonious integration with it. With this goal in mind, its creators have delivered a 12-story concrete tower that is a built expression of an exciting cultural moment when paulista-nos are rethinking their relationship with the city.
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