Cité Arquitetura

Cité Arquitetura is a Rio de Janeiro studio founded in 2012 and led by architect and creative director Celso Rayol. It works across the expanded field of architecture, from large urban projects to buildings, interiors and object design, with a multidisciplinary team that studies the history of places, people and cities before drawing.

Rayol graduated in architecture from Universidade Santa Úrsula in 1991 and has taught at PUC-Rio’s School of Architecture and Urbanism since 2003. The studio’s output runs from residential buildings in Rio and São Paulo to hospitality and interior projects such as The Lincoln Coconut Grove in Miami, each developed from a close reading of context, landscape and everyday life.