A penthouse to reinvent, facing Ipanema beach
634 m² over two levels on Avenida Vieira Souto — Rio's front row.
A duplex to renovate on the ocean, with a rooftop pool and terraces open to the beach and the Dois Irmãos.
A blank canvas on the best address in Rio.
On Avenida Vieira Souto, the seafront avenue of Ipanema, facing the ocean: a 634 m² duplex penthouse — a house on the roof, in the heart of one of the most prestigious locations in Brazil.
The apartment needs a complete renovation. That is precisely the point. Its volumes, its duplex layout and its direct relationship with the sea are the perfect base for an ultra-high-end project: a signature penthouse on an address that almost never comes to market.
Vieira Souto — Rio's front row
There is one avenue in Rio that every buyer knows by name: Vieira Souto, the strip of buildings that runs the length of Ipanema beach, with nothing between the façade and the water. This penthouse sits on it, on the top floors.
Addresses like this change hands rarely, and almost never as a project. What you are buying is not a finished apartment but the right to create one — on the single most sought-after seafront in the city.
A pool in the sky over Ipanema
The rooftop is the extraordinary part. A swimming pool sits on the deck, wrapped by open terraces and planting, high above the avenue — a private sky-level world with the beach laid out below.
From up here the whole curve of Ipanema opens out: the sand, the crowd, the Dois Irmãos and the Cagarras islands on the horizon. Few penthouses in Rio own this exact relationship to the beach.
The ocean, from every terrace
Facing due south over the Atlantic, the penthouse looks straight down the length of Ipanema beach toward the Dois Irmãos. The view that draws photographers to Vieira Souto is, here, simply what you see from home.
It is the reason the address exists. Renovated to its potential, this is a home where the sea is the main room — morning light off the water, the beach below, the horizon uninterrupted.
634 m² over two levels, to draw again
Six hundred and thirty-four square metres, arranged as a duplex across two levels linked by an internal staircase. Four bedrooms, four bathrooms, generous reception rooms, service areas, a sauna, two parking spaces.
The interiors are dated and the layout is ready to be rethought — that is the invitation. The bones are exceptional: the ceiling heights, the light, the sea on one side and the rooftop on the other. A rare canvas for a signature renovation.
The layout, across two levels
An architect's survey from February 2023: the duplex's current layout across both levels — the working base for your renovation.
The property in images
The penthouse, in a minute and a half
From the reception rooms up to the rooftop pool and the beach beyond.
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On the sand, in the middle of everything
The front row of Ipanema
On Vieira Souto, the beach is across the road and the whole neighbourhood is at your feet: Ipanema and Leblon, the boutiques of Garcia d'Ávila, the cafés and restaurants — all within a few minutes on foot.
A neighbourhood you walk
Between the ocean, the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and Arpoador. The beach in the morning, dinner nearby in the evening — Sushi Leblon, Zazá Bistrô, the farmers' markets. Elsewhere in Rio, you drive; here you do not.
An address that holds
Vieira Souto has been fully built for decades and there is no new seafront to create. Every apartment that reaches the market comes from a resale. That is what makes a project on this avenue so unusual.
Rio de Janeiro, in full
We sell and rent the finest addresses in Latin America since 2007. This penthouse is one of them.
approx. US$ 3,900,000 at the July 2026 rate — indicative
A renovation project on Vieira Souto. Floor plans and full terms on request.
Asked often
Does it really need a full renovation?
Yes. The apartment is sold as a project — the layout and finishes are to be redone entirely. Its value is in the address, the volumes, the duplex and the rooftop, not in the current fit-out.
How big is it, exactly?
634 m², arranged as a duplex over two levels, with four bedrooms, four bathrooms and two parking spaces.
Where exactly is it?
On Avenida Vieira Souto, the seafront avenue of Ipanema, facing the beach. The exact number is shared with serious enquiries.
What are the running costs?
IPTU (property tax) is around R$ 84,818 per year and the condominium fee around R$ 6,600 per month.
Is it for rent as well?
No. This is a sale only — a renovation opportunity, not a rental.
Can I see floor plans?
Yes. Request the dossier and an adviser will send the plans, the full photo set and the terms.
Rio, from where you are
Ipanema sits ten minutes from the domestic airport and forty-five from the international one.
From the Americas
- São Paulo~1 h
- Buenos Aires~3 h 30
- Santiago~4 h
- Lima~5 h
- Bogotá~6 h 30
- Panamá City~7 h
- Miami~9 h
- Atlanta~10 h
- New York · JFK seasonal~10 h
- Houston~10 h 30
From Europe
- Lisboa~10 h
- Madrid~10 h
- Roma~11 h
- Paris~11 h
- London~11 h 30
- Amsterdam~11 h 30
- Frankfurt~11 h 45
Indicative direct flight times to Rio de Janeiro (GIG / SDU).
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