A 1965 low-rise on Vieira Souto with only 15 apartments, some spanning over 1,400 m².
Landmark buildingEdifício Atlântico Sul occupies Avenida Vieira Souto 310, on the beachfront between Rua Maria Quitéria and Rua Garcia d'Ávila. It is a single low tower of five floors holding just 15 units, which makes it one of the lowest-density buildings on the avenue: apartments run from around 306 m² to roughly 1,443 m², all with suites and balconies facing the water.
The building's concrete-and-glass facade is a product of its era, and the common areas have been kept current — party room, gym, dry and steam saunas, and a playground. With so few neighbors and full-floor scale, it functions more like a stack of beach houses than a conventional condominium.
Address: Av. Vieira Souto 310, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro
Completed in 1965, the Atlântico Sul belongs to the generation of Vieira Souto buildings raised under the low-rise pilotis zoning that shaped the avenue through the 1960s, before later decrees allowed taller towers. Real-estate references treat it as one of the landmarks of Rio's modern residential architecture from that period.
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