Florianópolis · since 2014
From design to construction.
“We are an architecture firm that offers complete solutions from design to construction, in a clear and objective way, simplifying the building process and enhancing results.”
These three labels are yours — your About page already publishes them as counters. The figures did not render in the served HTML, so they stay open: an unverified number on an architecture practice’s website is exactly the kind of error that ends a relationship.
The process
Six phases, from briefing to handover.
Written by you, and reproduced word for word. It is the best thing on the current site — and today it sits buried below everything else.
Briefing
An initial meeting to understand your hopes, purposes and intentions, along with the projected investment for the design, the works and any complementary services.
Preliminary Study
After the briefing and the costing, we present the design to be agreed with you, using photorealistic images from the 3D BIM model.
Permitting
Our team handles every bureaucratic step with the relevant authorities, to legalise the project and obtain the building permit.
Technical Design
An assembly manual, with details of every construction component and quantities for all the materials required.
Construction
Our team acts between you, the trades and the suppliers, and construction then begins.
Site Supervision
Site visits while the works progress, with direct contact between the teams and you, resolving any design questions that arise.
Projects
Twenty-two published projects. Not one says whether you built it.
The scope filter below is the most important element on this page: “design + build” is what separates you from a practice that hands over drawings — and today the portfolio gives no way to tell which of these you actually built.
[CONFIRM the full portfolio] Only two projects publish a date today — Casa F+A (Dec 2018) and Casa das Cascatas L+J (Aug 2021). City, country, area in m², construction system, scope and the photographer credit are open on all of them. A photography credit is required on a case-study page, and none has been invented here.
The fact strip on every case study
- Typology
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- City / Country
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- Year
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- Area
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- Construction system
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- Scope
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- Status
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- Photography
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BIM
The technical claim the site does not yet show.
“With BIM we model your project in 3D, truer to the finished product. Client and architect can understand and review the design more easily. The model helps ensure accuracy and integrity, and lets you visualise and assess alternatives in terms of cost, advantages and material options.”
“Our architects are postgraduate BIM Managers.” — and yet no model view appears on a single project today. One model view per case study turns a claim into evidence. [CONFIRM]
Services
Five construction systems, one practice.
Conventional, container, precast concrete, steel frame and engineered timber (MLC). Few practices cover that range, which is why the portfolio filters by system.
Residential
Houses, guest houses, multi-family buildings and more.
Commercial
Shops, corporate developments, offices, gyms and the fitness sector.
Interiors
Interiors for houses and apartments, and refurbishments of every size. Interior design and furniture detailing.
Modular / Prefab
Container houses, precast concrete shed-houses, steel frame, steel modules and engineered timber (MLC).
Refurbishment and façades
Refurbishments, extensions and façade modernisation.
Ecological and technological houses
Ecological builds and technological houses, each with its own page on the current site.
Six differentiators, in your own words
Bespoke
Every project developed individually for each client.
Eco-efficiency
A pursuit of greater energy efficiency, less material waste and sustainability.
Trust
Professionalism that has resulted in projects across several states and abroad.
Planning
Planning of the cash flow and the construction schedule.
Advisory
Product specification, trade recommendations and technical supervision.
BIM
A cornerstone of the best projects in the country. Highly detailed BIM models bring real savings.
The practice
Two partners, architects and BIM Managers.
“We are GhiorziTavares Arquitetura, an international architecture firm based in Florianópolis (SC) since 2014.”
Lucas Ghiorzi
Partner · Architect · BIM Manager
“Postgraduate BIM Managers.”
CAU [CONFIRM]
Gabriel Tavares
Partner · Architect · BIM Manager
“Postgraduate BIM Managers.”
CAU [CONFIRM]
⚠ No CAU registration was found on any page of your site, and none has been invented here. Architecture is a regulated profession: the practice’s registration and each responsible architect’s must appear. And engineering is, in your own words, a partner network — “we work with a network of professionals and consultants in engineering” — so nothing on this site says or implies the practice performs engineering in-house.
International
“We operate throughout all regions of Brazil and also in several countries.”
A client who does not live in Brazil needs different answers — time zones, remote briefings, currency and permitting for a non-resident owner.
How a remote briefing works, and at what hours. [CONFIRM]
Contracts and payments in R$ (BRL). Nothing on this site converts to USD or EUR. [CONFIRM]
Permitting for a non-resident owner — what changes. [CONFIRM]
The local approval regime where a project is outside Brazil. [CONFIRM]
Found live on the site
The page /en/home-en/ shows English headings above Portuguese body copy for all six process phases. That is a visible quality problem on the exact page meant to win international clients. Fixing it is part of the build — and given the audience, the translation must be professional, not machine output. [CONFIRM]
Journal
You already write. And you already have topic pages.
A blog, a press page, a newsletter and dedicated pages for BIM, ecological houses and prefab houses. All of it is organic asset, and today it lives far from the portfolio.
BIM
An existing topic page that must be preserved on migration. /bim/
Ecological houses
An existing topic page that must be preserved on migration. /casas-ecologicas/
Prefab houses
An existing topic page that must be preserved on migration. /casas-pre-fabricadas/
Let’s start
Tell us the project, not just your name.
The construction system and the scope change everything downstream — and a client abroad asking about a container house is a completely different conversation from a conventional build in Trindade.
- Address Rua Lauro Linhares, 2123 — Sala 501 [CONFIRM]
- Phone (48) 9.8441.4426
- Phone (48) 9.9911.8441
- WhatsApp [CONFIRM] — which of the two lines
- Email contato@ghiorzitavares.com.br