Local studio Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Associados has completed a residential skyscraper in São Paulo lined with wood cladding, a "rare application in Brazil".

The Bueno Brandão 257 tower is located in São Paulo's Vila Nova Conceição neighbourhood and contains one 5,381-square-foot (500-square-metre) apartment on each of its 22 floors, as well as amenities.

Königsberger Vannucchi Arquitetos Associados has completed a São Paulo skyscraper

The skyscraper has a rectangular silhouette. It is supported by an external perimeter superstructure that wraps up and over the building's sides.

Exposed concrete floor plates run along the facade and are intersected by planes of Finnish timber cladding.…