Who they are
Botti Rubin is the oldest Brazilian architecture firm still in operation, founded in 1955 by architects Alberto Botti and Marc Rubin, who still lead the company, both graduates of Mackenzie. With about 30 architects and more than a thousand buildings to its name, its output is bound up with the history of São Paulo’s high-rise development, from modernism to the great corporate towers. Alberto Botti was a founding partner and first president of AsBEA.
Language
- Style: a wide range of languages, from the exposed concrete and wooden louvres of the 1960s to the structural glass of the great corporate buildings.
- Materials and signature: technical mastery and urban monumentality; many projects in partnership with international firms.
- Awards: Conjunto da Obra and Escritório do Ano (AsBEA, 2002), among other honours.
Landmark works
- The Conjunto Nações Unidas (CENU), record-holder for the largest commercial complex in Latin America.
- The Pátio Victor Malzoni, on Faria Lima, and the Edifício São Félix.
