Ruy Ohtake's wave-terraced apartment building at Epitácio Pessoa 1000.
Landmark buildingLagoa 1000 stands at Avenida Epitácio Pessoa 1000, on the stretch of shoreline avenue between the Cantagalo corner and Parque da Catacumba. It is one of the few buildings on the lagoon designed by a nationally known contemporary architect: Ruy Ohtake, the São Paulo modernist behind Hotel Unique and the Instituto Tomie Ohtake.
The building's signature is its undulating terraces — long curved balconies that roll across the facade instead of stacking in straight lines. Ohtake said the waves answered the lagoon itself; in practice they give the living rooms and bedrooms deep outdoor extensions with water-and-mountain views. Inside, the curved slab allows flexible apartment layouts rather than a single rigid floor plate.
Address: Av. Epitácio Pessoa 1000, Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro
Ohtake designed the building in the early 2000s, late in a career that had made him one of Brazil's most recognizable architects. It is his best-known residential work in Rio, and on an avenue dominated by conventional 1970s and 1980s towers it reads immediately as something drawn rather than extruded.
The nearest 12 apartments for sale to Lagoa 1000, in July 2026, sat within 290 m. Of those, 8 were on Av. Epitácio Pessoa itself. Asks went from R$ 950,000 for a 66 m² two-bedroom up to R$ 8,675,000 for a 540 m² four-bedroom. Median: R$ 2,162,000 a unit and R$ 17,621 a square meter. Most asks per m² fell from R$ 14,812 to R$ 20,488.
Of the 12, 5 were homes with four or more bedrooms of 124 to 540 m². A parking space came with 9 of the 12. Condo fee plus IPTU: median R$ 2,093 a month.
At R$ 17,621 per m², asks near Lagoa 1000 sit 6% above Secovi Rio's Lagoa average (R$ 16,699, December 2025). Cantagalo / Copacabana station sits roughly 300 m from the door as the crow flies.
| Bedrooms | Listings | Size | Asking price | Median per m² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 4 | 66–128 m² | R$ 950,000 – 2,125,000 | R$ 15,498 |
| 3 | 3 | 111–200 m² | R$ 2,000,000 – 3,500,000 | R$ 18,018 |
| 4 or more | 5 | 124–540 m² | R$ 1,800,000 – 8,675,000 | R$ 17,742 |
Asks, not sale prices: 12 public listings within 290 m of Lagoa 1000, 1 July 2026. Secovi Lagoa data.
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