Greenery Breathes Fresh Life Into a Brazilian Midcentury

With a budget of $50,000, a home rich in family history is treated to a bright, airy renovation for the first time since it was built.
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Having served as her birthplace and childhood home where her parents and grandparents lived, the 1953 apartment that a client asked Brazilian studio Cupertino Arquitetura to renovate was steeped in family history.

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