Nestled beside the Paulista shore of the Brazilian Rain Forest in Guaruja - a Brazilian coastal town near São Paulo - is a home so invitingly private that it makes us want to pack our overnight bags and... make ourselves at home! Completed in September 2015 by architecture studio mk27, Casa na Mata (Jungle House) couldn't be more aptly named. This 805 square meter home which sits on a 1668 square meter patch of the jungle, was built in a spot where the vegetation naturally cleared on the mountainside, making it an ideal for project architect, Marcio Kogan, co-architect, Samanta Cafardo, and their project team, to begin dreaming up the perfect home for their clients.

Concrete and wood are the two primary ingredients that went into the building's construction, their simple clean lines perfectly playing off the dense, mountainous topography and engulfing foliage. Elevated on two pillars, the home is orientated on the side of the mountain, taking advantage of the amazing ocean views and bright sunlight, and is separated into three storeys, offering the home's inhabitants multipurpose function from the bottom up.