Studio [+] Valeria Gontijo

Name

Studio [+] Valeria Gontijo

Legal name

Valéria Gontijo Arquitetos

Website

https://valeriagontijo.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Architecture and Interior Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Architectural Services (541310), Interior Design Services (54141), Interior Design Services (541410)

SIC

General Bldg Contractors - Residential Bldgs (1520)

akta.pro primary industry

Residential Design-Build & Renovation-Integrated Builders (IMAFABAE)

Keywords

• Residential architecture design
• Interior design services
• Commercial architecture
• Tropical modernist design
• Luxury residential projects

Headquarters

HQ city

Brasília

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Architecture and Interior Design Project Fees: Revenue is generated through fees for architectural design and interior design projects for residential, commercial, and institutional clients. Projects range from single-family residences to multi-unit buildings and commercial spaces. Each engagement is custom-quoted based on project scope, size, and complexity. Additional revenue may come from construction supervision and design curation services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Studio [+] Valéria Gontijo is a boutique architecture and interior design firm in Brasília, Brazil that designs bespoke residential homes, apartments, multi-unit residential buildings, commercial interiors, and retail spaces. Each project is custom-designed and quoted individually, with services spanning concept design, interior curation, and construction supervision. The studio's practice is rooted in tropical modernism, material research, and Brazilian modernist heritage.

Product overview

Studio [+] Valeria Gontijo is an architecture and design firm specializing in precise, sensitive, and timeless architecture of the tropics. The firm offers residential architecture projects (houses and apartments), commercial architecture (buildings and offices), and interior design services. The portfolio includes named projects such as Casa AB, Casa México, MiCasa, Casa Grécia, Casa Colina, Casa Norte, Casa Taipa, Casa RM, Casa da Vista, Casa GER, Casa da Mata, Casa ADA, Adega HZ, Casa Piano, Miami Townhouses, Casa Pivot, Casa MF, Casa dos Ipês, along with commercial projects like Edifício 310, Edifício Alma, ETAD, and Sternmann Hunter Douglas, plus interior design projects including Apartamento LH, Apto Pau Ferro, Casa Albers, Casa Grota, and Moi Toi jewelry store. The firm's design approach emphasizes minimalist tropical architecture using materials such as concrete, wood, stone, and glass.

Differentiator

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Products and services

• Residential Architecture Design Custom architectural design of single-family houses and luxury apartments for high-net-worth clients, including projects such as Casa AB, Casa México, MiCasa, Casa Grécia, Casa Colina, Casa Norte, Casa Taipa, Casa RM, Casa da Vista, Casa GER, Casa da Mata, Casa ADA, Casa Piano, Casa Pivot, Casa MF, Casa dos Ipês, Casa Albers, Casa Grota, and Adega HZ. Each project is individually designed and quoted based on scope, size, and complexity.
• Residential Architecture — Casa dos Ipês A residential house project in U-shape with native and urban design, currently under construction with completion projected for 2026.
• Residential Architecture — Casa AB A residential house designed with controlled openings, concrete structure, and a careful relationship with its surroundings, organized around precise implantation and defined volumes.
• Residential Architecture — Casa México A 1,150m² single-family residential project completed in 2020, featuring a sinuous slab contrasting with three orthogonal volumes defining private, studio, and social zones.
• Residential Architecture — MiCasa A modernist-tropical single-story house designed with pure geometry volumes distributed in three main blocks: service, social, and private.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Grécia A 2,600m² solid and monumental residential project with two rectangular concrete blocks supported by structural precision and a contrast between concrete rigidity and surrounding nature.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Colina A residential house featuring inclined planes and unobstructed views, designed with slopes that maximize landscape visibility.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Norte An 890m² residential project completed in 2024, organized around concave and convex forms responding to the sinuosity of the lake.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Taipa A 620m² innovative and efficient house using compacted earth construction technique (taipa) as the main architectural element, featuring two suites, living room, gourmet area, kitchen, and pool.
• Residential Architecture — Casa RM A high-tech residence combining concrete and wood, housing an important collection of modern Brazilian furniture including Giuseppe Scapinelli pieces from the 1970s.
• Residential Architecture — Casa da Vista A three-story residential house in layers with the sky as protagonist, featuring 180° views of the city and a large slab functioning as a viewpoint and event space.
• Residential Architecture — Casa GER A single-story house organized around a structural arch in reinforced concrete that defines the facade and directs the architectural party, inspired by urban passages of Brasília.
• Residential Architecture — Casa da Mata A three-story house designed with deep respect for native landscape, featuring a metal structure wrapped in wood and stone, with a pool crossing the heart of the house.
• Residential Architecture — Casa ADA A brutalist three-story residential project with dense vegetation surroundings, featuring a monolithic wooden volume housing intimate areas opening to a continuous balcony facing Lake Paranoá.
• Residential Architecture — Adega HZ A 260m² wine cellar and home theater space featuring illuminated wooden shelving walls with wine bottles and a moledo stone wall maintaining original finishes.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Piano A three-story residence designed around the symbolic and physical presence of a grand piano, celebrating music as spatial and sensory structure, located at Lake Paranoá.
• International Residential Architecture — Miami Townhouses A 15,250m² residential complex completed in 2022 in Miami, USA, inspired by Art Deco style featuring stepped volumes, circular openings referencing MiMo architecture.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Pivot A permeable and pivoting residence where everything circulates, featuring pivot panels and openable elements for ventilation and connection with gardens.
• Residential Architecture — Casa MF A 1,200m² single-story residence in Brasília featuring concrete brise-soleil and a rational layout with emphasis on spatial quality.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Albers A residence focused on silence, art, and construction system, featuring clean design principles with architectural restraint.
• Residential Architecture — Casa Grota A contemporary colonial house adapted to terrain cut diagonally by a grota (ravine), featuring traditional barrel tile roof and arched main door with blue BIC-toned doors.
• Interior Design — Apartamento LH A 180m² apartment renovation in Park Sul, Brasília featuring gray and wood tones with cementitious flooring, vertical slatted concrete panels, and natural gray stones.
• Interior Design — Apto Pau Ferro A 600m² duplex apartment renovation in Setor Noroeste, Brasília completed in 2021, blending cool tones of natural travertine marble with warm pau ferro wood tones.
• Commercial Architecture — ETAD Law Office A 256m² law office reform project integrating spaces while maintaining client privacy through wood panel and window systems allowing visual permeability options.
• Commercial Architecture — Sternmann Hunter Douglas Store A 2018 commercial project for a Hunter Douglas retail store built entirely with the company's own products.
• Commercial Architecture — Edifício 310 A building in Brasília rescuing modernist principles, featuring wooden panel brise-soleil and natural cladding bringing texture, shadow, and ventilation.
• Commercial Architecture — Edifício Alma A 12,177m² building completed in 2023 featuring clean lines, raw materials, and exuberant vegetation with ribbed concrete, glass frames, and articulated closures.
• Commercial Architecture — Moi Toi Jewelry Boutique A 28m² intimate jewelry store breaking with traditional jewelry display, featuring carpet flooring on walls and floors, mirrored walls creating infinite illusion.

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ completed and documented projects across residential, commercial, and multi-unit typologies
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Isay Weinfeld Arquitetura: Brazilian architect with a globally recognized portfolio spanning luxury residential, hospitality, and commercial projects. Comparable in tropical modernist aesthetic, premium HNW client base, and Brazil-based practice with international visibility.
• Oppenheim Architecture: Miami-based luxury residential and hospitality architecture firm with portfolio of high-end tropical residential projects. Comparable in premium residential design, tropical climate sensitivity, and recent delivery of large-scale luxury residential complexes.
• Jacobsen Arquitetura: Brasília-based architecture and landscape firm with significant overlap in Brasília luxury residential market. Comparable in geographic catchment, HNW clientele, and integration of architecture and landscape design.
• Studio MK27: São Paulo-based practice led by Marcio Kogan, focused on high-end residential and commercial architecture with strong tropical-modernist identity. Directly comparable in project typology, scale, premium client base, and Brazilian design DNA.
• Studio Arthur Casas: São Paulo-based architecture and design firm known for high-end residential, commercial, and interior projects across Brazil and internationally. Closely comparable in tropical-modernist vocabulary, premium positioning, and integrated architecture/interiors delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• David Chipperfield Architects: Internationally established architectural practice spanning cultural, residential, and commercial projects. Comparable in design quality, material research emphasis, and ability to operate across geographies at premium fee levels.
• Olson Kundig: Seattle-based architecture and design firm recognized globally for high-end residential and hospitality projects. Comparable in premium residential positioning, design-forward identity, and ability to attract HNW clients internationally.
• Marmol Radziner: Los Angeles-based design-build firm specializing in custom luxury residential architecture and interiors. Comparable in integrated architecture/interiors model, HNW clientele, and emphasis on material research and craft.
• Studio Vincent Van Duysen: Belgian architect and designer known for minimalist residential architecture and interiors. Comparable in restrained design vocabulary, material sensitivity, and premium positioning with high-end residential and hospitality clients.

Emerging players

• Carla Juaçaba Arquitetura: Brazilian architect with a focused portfolio of residential and small-scale architectural projects emphasizing material research. Comparable as a Brazilian contemporary architecture practice working in similar tropical-minimalist idiom, though smaller in scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

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