In the pool area at the Spa Cidade Jardim, decking of cumaru, a teaklike Brazilian wood, is raised 4 inches above the porcelain floor tile. Photograph by Romulo Fialdini.
From the Magazine: If ever a place called out for escape, it is the infinite conglomeration of concrete towers and broken pavement that makes up São Paulo, Brazil—the western hemisphere’s biggest city, at 11 million strong. + Read the Article