What Arquivo Contemporâneo is known for
Arquivo Contemporâneo is a Rio de Janeiro design showroom selling furniture and lighting by Brazilian names like Sergio Rodrigues and Oscar Niemeyer. It has a second Rio location at CasaShopping and a showroom in Brasília.
Arquivo Contemporâneo bills itself simply as "o melhor do design brasileiro" — the best of Brazilian design — and its catalogue backs up the claim. The Rio de Janeiro showroom, with a second address inside the CasaShopping mall and a further outpost in Brasília, deals in furniture, lighting, and objects by the country's best-known modern and contemporary designers: Sergio Rodrigues, Oscar Niemeyer, Jorge Zalszupin, Isay Weinfeld, Arthur Casas, Claudia Moreira Salles, and Jader Almeida all appear on its designer roster, alongside imported Vitra pieces sold at outlet prices.
The Ipanema store, on Rua Redentor, is the original address; CasaShopping, in Rio's Barra da Tijuca district, is the larger-format location, open through weekends and holidays. Beyond retail, Arquivo Contemporâneo regularly builds installations for Casa Cor Rio, the annual interior-design showcase, having staged rooms and spaces there across multiple recent editions — evidence of a business that positions itself as part of Rio's design scene rather than just a furniture retailer.
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