Jacobsen Studio's Design Ethos Reads Like a Blueprint for American Indoor-Outdoor Living

The Brazilian firm's founders, Paulo Jacobsen, Bernardo Jacobsen and Edgar Murata, build around restraint and a deep respect for climate and site — the same instincts that shape the best warm-weather architecture on this side of the hemisphere. Their approach offers a useful reference point for American estate design in places like Palm Beach and Miami, where the landscape is just as central to the house as the walls.

With reporting from Surface.