{"id":148285,"date":"2025-11-23T06:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/148285\/"},"modified":"2025-11-23T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T06:28:32","slug":"ruy-ohtakes-brutalist-work-gets-an-update-by-his-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/148285\/","title":{"rendered":"Ruy Ohtake&#8217;s brutalist work gets an update by his son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On a quiet, tree-lined street in the cultural hotbed of Alto de Pinheiros in <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/tag\/sao-paulo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">S\u00e3o Paulo<\/a>, this 1978 residence carries the unmistakable language of the late architect Ruy Ohtake \u2014 expressive concrete, sculptural geometry and an architectural rhythm shaped by light. Recently renovated by his son Rodrigo Ohtake (both are descendants of artist Tomie Ohtake), the home has an intact <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/tag\/brutalism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brutalist<\/a> core and refined relationship to the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>Across 3,982 square feet, the renovation introduces contemporised spatial gestures without erasing the past. New openings carved out of the concrete structure draw in softer natural light, while a glass-covered garden adds transparency and a sense of pause between rooms. A gourmet area, solarium with hot tub and a sauna extend the home\u2019s leisure spaces, all with modernised plumbing and electrical systems. Solar heating, full-home air conditioning and selective automation update the building\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0595_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0595_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0595_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0679_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0679_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0679_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0591_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0591_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0591_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0608_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0608_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0608_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0693_1600-1024x683.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0693_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0693_1600-1477x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0477_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0477_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0477_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0635_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0635_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0635_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0561_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0561_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0561_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0682_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0682_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0682_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0697_1600-1024x682.jpg\" data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0697_1600-100x100.jpg\" data-gallery=\"https:\/\/cdn.thespaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0697_1600-1478x985.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio. <\/p>\n<p>Burle Marx\u2019s original garden design remains a guiding force, unfolding from the entry toward a heated pool framed by mature jabuticaba trees. It continues its dialogue with the architecture, allowing the original <a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/tag\/brazilian-modernism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brazilian modernism<\/a> to sit comfortably in the present. It\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sothebysrealty.com\/eng\/sales\/detail\/180-l-4339-gfmnn8\/rua-aramanai-alto-de-pinheiros-sao-paulo-sp-05450-030\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">listed for $1,992,032 USD<\/a> with Bossa Nova Sotheby\u2019s International Realty.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0573_1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154736\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0519_1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-154741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0631_1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-154733 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/RAF0500_1600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1066\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Photography: FotoArch Studio.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/buy-a-french-riviera-home-in-sun-washed-colour-and-concrete\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read next: Buy a French Riviera home in sun-washed colour and concrete<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/crowder-house-a-revival-of-california-modernism\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crowder House: a showcase of California modernism<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thespaces.com\/salt-lake-city-gets-architectural-cred-from-this-mid-century-landmark\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salt Lake City gets architectural cred from this mid-century landmark<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On a quiet, tree-lined street in the cultural hotbed of Alto de Pinheiros in S\u00e3o Paulo, this 1978&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[437,434,435,436,1083,90680,10845,438,146,85,46,90681,90682,1093,90683,90684],"class_list":{"0":"post-148285","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-brazil","13":"tag-brazil-property","14":"tag-brutalism","15":"tag-design","16":"tag-entertainment","17":"tag-il","18":"tag-israel","19":"tag-rodrigo-ohtake","20":"tag-rui-ohtake","21":"tag-sao-paulo","22":"tag-sao-paulo-property","23":"tag-tomie-ohtake"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}