Ocean Views Welcome Residents To This Residential Tower In Rio de Janeiro
2025 Best of Year Winner for Multiunit Housing
Facing the instantly recognizable Rio beachfront, Zien and Gensler’s seven-story, 38,000-square-foot apartment building—sandwiched between older neighbors and height-restricted to prevent shadowing on the sand—translates the fluid contours of its coastal setting into sculptural architecture. Made of Corian, the street facade of Tom Delfim Moreira is a rhythmic composition of lozenge-shape openings, from which undulating balconies lined with Accoya wood project; glass balustrades and almost frameless windows permit postcard ocean views from each full-floor apartment. The distinctive black-and-white pattern of Roberto Burle Marx’s famous mosaic sidewalk continues into the vestibule, while Estúdio Figueira outfits the lobby and other public spaces with dark-toned pau ferro paneling and pale marble flooring, grounding the project in the nonchalantly sensual lineage of Brazilian modernism.
See Interior Design’s Best of Year Winners and Honorees
Explore must-see projects and innovative products that took home high honors.
PROJECT TEAMS: MICHEL RIKE; OLIVIER SOMMERHALDER; MICHAEL VOLK; GABRIEL FIUZA; JULIANA GARCIAS; BIANCA BORIN; JOÃO NERI; GABRIEL BRAGA; NATASHA TAYLOR; MATEUS MARTINS; ALVARO BREMENKAMP; LEONARDO PAULI; FERNANDA FRUG; RAFAEL BAHIA; BEATRIZ FRANKLIN; BRUNA FERREIRA; JENNIFER LIAO (ZIEN + GENSLER); ERICK FIGUEIRA DE MELLO (ESTÚDIO FIGUEIRA).
read more
Projects
At One With Nature: Nyra Stuns In The Desert Rock Resort
Leveraging the resort’s remote, craggy setting, the 40‑seat wood‑fired Nyra perches high above the valley with indoor and outdoor dining.
Projects
This Expansive Restaurant Is Surrounded By Stunning Horticulture
The 250-seat, 6,100-square-foot restaurant was created as part of Weiss/Manfredi’s expansion of Longwood’s public spaces in Pennsylvania.