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‘If you have the privilege, this is a way to survive.’ How two 1950s towers built community in São Paulo

Monocle 26 February 2026 Yesterday
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Edifícios Locarno and Lugano, twin residential towers in Higienópolis in Brazil’s largest city, were designed by German architect Adolf Franz Heep in the 1950s. The modernist apartment blocks remain c
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