DGB House / FOSSATI Architecture

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Text description provided by the architects.Economist Guilherme Bragança and designer Danielle Freitas were living in a small apartment in Leblon (Rio de Janeiro) when they purchased an 86-square-meter lot with an old house inside a charming gated alleyway in Humaitá. Their plan was to build their family's dream home on the site. To bring this vision to life, they commissioned architect Marcos Fossati, a childhood friend of the couple. "They asked for a modern, comfortable, airy house with a garden," says Fossati. "To make the most of the small lot and design a fully customized home for them and their two children, we had to demolish almost the entire existing structure, preserving only the porch, which is a protected heritage feature," he adds.