Rio's buildings, building by building.
A working directory of the buildings that matter — beachfront, oceanfront, historic, new. Year built, units, comps, yield, and who lives there.
Complexo Pedra de Itaúna
Eight condominiums, 450,000 m², at the protected Pedra de Itaúna headland.
Condomínio Le Parc
French-neoclassical compound, resort-scale.
Golden Green
Beachfront Barra with a golf course inside the gate.
Ilha Pura
The 2016 Olympic Village, now Barra's newest planned neighborhood.
Santa Mônica Jardins
Custom mansions behind one gate, on 370,000 m².
Edifício Júlio de Barros Barreto
Eighty duplexes by the Roberto brothers, garden by Burle Marx.
Edifício Praia de Botafogo
The last residential delivery on the bay — for 53 years.
Atlântico Bait Copacabana
The last lot on Av. Atlântica — Bernardes + Burle Marx, first new orla delivery in ~40 years.
Edifício Chopin
Modernist Copacabana, next door to the Palace.
Edifício Itahy
The mermaid door of Copacabana's Art Deco years.
Edifício Lellis-São Paulo
One of the first residential buildings on Avenida Atlântica.
Edifício Machado de Assis
One 677 m² apartment per floor, Burle Marx gardens out back.
Edifício Master
276 studios, one block from the beach — Eduardo Coutinho's 2002 documentary made it canonical.
Edifício Palácio Champs Élysées
Three blocks, three palace names, one Av. Atlântica address.
Edifício Veneza
Pre-war Copacabana beachfront, near the Palace.
Edifício Biarritz
Burle Marx garden behind, Art Deco out front — on Guanabara Bay.
Edifício Praia do Flamengo
The first building on the Flamengo waterfront, 1925.
Edifício Seabra
The Dakota Carioca — Praia do Flamengo's tombado eclectic landmark.
Edifício Tabor e Loreto
Sajous art déco where Paissandu's palms meet the bay.
Condomínio Parque da Gávea
Three buildings on Gávea's main square, facing the Jockey.
Edifício Arpoador
Beachfront three-bedrooms at the surf end of Ipanema.
Edifício Cap Ferrat
One full-floor unit per floor, on Vieira Souto.
Edifício Garota de Ipanema
On the block where bossa nova was written.
Edifício Henrique Dumont 85
One block off Ipanema beach, on the street that meets Vieira Souto.
Edifício Itacurussá
The green-tile building that put height on Vieira Souto.
Edifício JK
The only Niemeyer on the Rio beachfront.
Edifício Palácio das Flores
Five floors on the Arpoador end of Vieira Souto.
Edifício Antônio Ceppas
Jorge Machado Moreira's modernist block under Corcovado.
Residencial Edifício Rede Globo
The old Rede Globo HQ, reborn as a Jardim Botânico residential.
Condomínio Costa Brava
Sérgio Bernardes on the rocks, next to Joatinga beach.
Edifício Paço da Lagoa
Big family plates and a full leisure deck on the lagoon.
Edifício Princesa da Lagoa
Lagoon-front Lagoa, with Cristo behind the bedroom window.
L'Unique Lagoa
The most expensive launch in Lagoa history.
Residências Villa Lobos
Four-bedroom plates across from Parque do Cantagalo.
Conjunto Residencial do Parque Guinle
Three Lúcio Costa blocks in a Burle Marx park — 1948–1952, IPHAN-tombado.
Edifício Águas Férreas
Neoclassical Laranjeiras, on the transition into Cosme Velho.
Edifício Carême
Delfim Moreira beachfront, 16 floors of full-plate Leblon.
Edifício Condado de Jares
One apartment per floor on Leblon's beachfront avenue.
Edifício Juan Les Pins
Six-hundred-square-meter plates on Leblon's beachfront.
Edifício Maison du Soleil
Two units per floor, between Posto 11 and Posto 12.
Edifício Mira Mar
Direct frontage on Leblon's beach.
Edifício São Gabriel
Beachfront Leblon at the Ipanema-side end of Delfim Moreira.
Selva de Pedra
Forty buildings, 2,251 apartments — Leblon's largest residential complex.
Edifício Leme Rio
Leme's entry point, from studio to 300 m².
Edifício Manguaba
1938 Art Deco on Leme's first street.
Edifício Mare Nostrum
Big beachfront plates on Leme's stretch of the Atlântica.
Condomínio Praia Guinle
Three buildings, named after Brazilian artists, on São Conrado's sand.
Rive Droite
Two units per floor on São Conrado's beach avenue.
Conjunto Residencial Prefeito Mendes de Moraes (Pedregulho)
Reidy's 260-metre serpentine block on pilotis — Burle Marx landscape, 1st Prize São Paulo Biennial 1951.
Edifício Urca
Bayfront Urca, at the base of Pão de Açúcar.
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