Welcome to architravel: a new reason to roam Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

By Jamie Durie
Updated May 24 2016 - 5:23pm, first published 4:02pm
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Jamie Durie
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo: Jamie Durie
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Jamie Durie
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum. Photo: Jamie Durie
Museu do Amanha. Photo: Jamie Durie
Museu do Amanha. Photo: Jamie Durie
Street art in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Jamie Durie
Street art in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Jamie Durie
Jamie Durie in Rio. Photo: Jamie Durie
Jamie Durie in Rio. Photo: Jamie Durie

You'll be hearing a lot more about architravel – it's one of the hot trends in holidaying right now. The thinking goes: why travel to the other side of the world, just to lie on a beach or get drunk in a bar? Why not learn something, absorb the real city, get to know the design and the architecture – and by association, the people and culture.