Samantha Dreher

I was questioning before how the streets were home for the people who dwell in them, and I definitely see how now. In the streets, people work for their work. They will come to you. And it’s fruitful that way. In Brazil, people are constantly budgeting, so they do not want to spend their money […]

The botanical garden in Rio de Janeiro is incredibly beautiful and designed to fit into the edge of the Tijuca Forest. And, in the usual comforting way, I could see the Christ throughout my visit to it. Not only that, but the walking trail to the Christ starts in the garden and works its way […]

Before my dad took us to see Sitio Roberto Burle Marx, we did a little exploration of the surrounding area there. The city it’s in is Barra de Guaratiba, which is in Rio de Janeiro state, but just out of Rio de Janeiro city. Just below a morro (hill) that we found on our way, luck […]

Victoria and I got a great opportunity to see the estate of Roberto Burle Marx, Brazil’s most famous landscape architect. Marx has a signature style of designing his landscape the way he would paint a painting. The concept has made him very famous as a designer, but I was not sure exactly how I would […]

Rio does not only respond to its land, it also responds to needs, to surroundings, and to the times. Many buildings in the city are noticeably antique, while others are quite modern. There was no evident movement to build all neighborhoods in one style, or one to keep buildings in modern architecture, but somehow all these differences […]