Gávea · Rio de Janeiro

Condomínio Parque da Gávea

Three towers on Gávea's main square, facing the Jockey.

Landmark building

About the building

Parque da Gávea is the three-tower condominium on Praça Santos Dumont — the square that holds the Jockey Club grandstand on one side and the Baixo Gávea bar corner on the other. Delivered in 1971, it is one of the few full-amenity condominiums inside Gávea proper, a neighbourhood otherwise made of small walk-ups and houses.

Apartments average around 80 m², two and three bedrooms, with a pool, gym, sports court and play areas between the towers. The location does the work: the praça bars and Braseiro da Gávea are across the street, PUC-Rio is a short walk, and the Jockey's racing lawn opens the block to sky in a way few Zona Sul addresses manage.

Address: Praça Santos Dumont 138, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro — 22470-060

The history of Condomínio Parque da Gávea

Built in 1971, when Gávea's larger lots along the praça and Marquês de São Vicente were being converted from old houses and chácaras into mid-rise condominiums. Parque da Gávea took one of the best of those lots — directly on the square, facing the hippodrome that opened in 1926.

The square around it only grew livelier: the Baixo Gávea corner became one of Rio's steadiest bar-and-restaurant points, and PUC-Rio's growth nearby turned the neighbourhood into a permanent mix of established families and university life. The condominium has held its spot through all of it — more than fifty years on the square.