Brunete Fraccaroli
Founder, Brunete Fraccoroli Arquitetura e Interiores, São Paulo
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Brunete Fraccaroli is known worldwide as “the color architect ” for the use of brilliant color and glass in her noted work. To her, “glass, color and transparency mean life, movement and energy.” These elements are always present in her designs. Her residential and hospitality work focuses on quality-of-life for her clients, while expressing their personal brands through the use of dramatic color.
In addition to architecture and interior design, Fraccaroli manages Fraccaroli, a plant-based fragrance business, founded one hundred years ago by her great-grandfather, and she serves as a designer for Sheffield Plate, creating new silver plate concepts every three months. Other interests include designing product lines for jewelry, furniture, pet products, and packaging.
Fraccaroli has contributed to several editions of the Biennale of Architecture and has given lectures throughout Brazil as well as in Chicago, Miami, New York, Milan, Berlin, Punta del Este and Buenos Aires. Her work appears in books, magazines and periodicals the world over, including Japan, China, Spain, Portugal and Italy.
She is heavily involved with the ABD, the Brazilian Association of Interior Designers, and currently sits on the board after serving as its president from 2003 through 2006. Fraccaroli is also the only female member of the Committee of 12th Notables of the Pan American School of the Arts.
This year, Fraccaroli was honored as one of the few architects who have participated in the most editions of Brazil’s Casa Cor (design showcase), with 33 spaces in the show between 1990 and 2011. Her last space demonstrates a growing concern with sustainability and earned her a Sustainable Environment of the Casa Cor 2011 Award and a Greenbuilding Award. Among her best known works are winners for: Glass Garden Space Deca, 1999; Garage Glass with Solutia Design Award, 2002; Glass Store in Sao Paulo with Solutia Design Award, 2003; and the Glass House built over a water surface in Alphaville – one of her favorite projects.
She was recently honored by Mattel of Brazil with a doll made in her likeness. Fraccaroli was the model for the Brazilian launch of the Barbie “I Can Be…” series, which featured architecture as its “career of the year” in 2011.
Brunete Fraccoroli Arquitetura e Interiores
Rua Batataes, 460 – Jardim Paulista, São Paulo, 01423-010, Brazil
T: +55 11 3885-8309/ 3887.6834E:brunete@brunetefraccaroli.com.br
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