Three Lúcio Costa blocks in a Burle Marx park — 1948–1952, IPHAN-tombado.
About the building
Conjunto Residencial do Parque Guinle in brief.
The Conjunto Residencial do Parque Guinle is a three-building modernist ensemble inside the Parque Eduardo Guinle in Laranjeiras, designed by Lúcio Costa across 1948–1952. The three blocks are Nova Cintra (1948), Bristol (1950) and Caledônia (1952), accessed via Rua Gago Coutinho on the lower side of the park.
Apartments range from 225 to 515 m² and include both simple and duplex plans; the elevation work uses pilotis, recessed roof terraces, cobogós and rosewood brises-soleil to manage sun and view onto the park. Landscape design is by Roberto Burle Marx. The complex was tombado by IPHAN in 1986 in recognition of its place in the canon of Brazilian modernism, and the project earned Lúcio Costa the Award for Collective Housing at the 1st International Architecture Exhibition of the 1st São Paulo Biennial in 1951.
AddressRua Gago Coutinho (access to Parque Eduardo Guinle), Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro — 22221-070
Distance to
What's around it.
Walk and drive times to the things that decide where you live in Rio — beach,
metro, airports, neighborhood anchors.
Parque Eduardo Guinle0 min · inside the park
Palácio Laranjeiras3 min walk
Metrô Largo do Machado (L1)10 min walk
Santos Dumont Airport12 min by car
Galeão (GIG)28 min by car
Largo do Machado (botecos clássicos)10 min walk
On the map
Conjunto Residencial do Parque Guinle located.
Rua Gago Coutinho (access to Parque Eduardo Guinle), Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro — 22221-070
Eduardo Guinle's park, in front of the Palácio Laranjeiras, set the brief: housing inside a private park, built on a constrained slope. Lúcio Costa took the commission and across three buildings worked through the language that would later define his Brasília residential blocks — pilotis, brises, cobogós, recessed terraces.
Vista de Laranjeiras · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Nova Cintra was completed in 1948, Bristol in 1950, Caledônia in 1952. The Award for Collective Housing at the 1st São Paulo Biennial (1951) confirmed the work as a reference point internationally while construction on Caledônia was still underway.
Vista do bairro de Laranjeiras; tomada da Rua Conde de Avelar · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
IPHAN tombamento followed in 1986. Renovations since have been individual-unit interior work; the elevations, brises and Burle Marx landscape are protected and unchanged.
Panorama dos bairros de Botafogo, Flamengo e Laranjeiras; tomado do Catete · Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Who's lived here
Notable residents.
Where named individuals declined attribution, we describe the owner profile.
No address-level identification of current residents.
Architecture-led buyer base
The buyer profile skews architect, collector, and academic — owners who specifically want a Lúcio Costa floor plan inside the park, and who tolerate the IPHAN renovation envelope as part of the cost of admission.
Available now
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