Product Description

Private Rio features the most spectacular homes in one of the most breathtaking cities in the world: Rio de Janeiro. This sumptuous volume includes the Imperial Palace in the Petropolis district. Built following Napoleon's conquest of Portugal when the court was moved to Brazil, this is now the home of Prince Dom Pedro Gastao de Orleans e Braganca, heir to the throne of Brazil, and his wife, Dona Esperanza de Borbon, the aunt of King Juan Carlos of Spain. The Carneiro de Mondonca house, a neoclassical gem, is still inhabited by members of the family that built it in 1843. Also featured are the homes of Roberto and Lily Marinhosas, the media mogul whose garden is famous for its rare plants and beautiful birds. There are many other houses included, some with gardens by renowned landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #885301 in Books
• Published on: 2004-02-01
• Released on: 2004-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 192 pages

About the Author
Andre Correa Do Lago, a diplomat and the son of a former Brazilian ambassador to the U.S., is a much-published and well-known writer, in Portuguese, on Brazilian architecture.

Customer Reviews

Ravissant Rio de Janeiro
Private Rio is an extraordinary visual jaunt through private homes. If you're interested in interior design for a tropical climate, this is for you. The photos are lush, and the text and the history behind each house is quite detailed.

Pick it up for historical information, visual delight or just something pretty for your coffee table. You will not be disappointed.

Misleading Cover Photo
The architecture depicted in this book looks nothing like the example on the cover. It's more of a colonial feel , instead of the contemporary tropical that I hoped for.