Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Facts

Population

6,747,815 (2023)

First 150m+ Building

Tallest Building

Rankings

by no. of 150m+ completed buildings

#
194

Tallest City in

the World

#
8

Tallest City in

South America
#
4

Tallest City in

Brazil

Buildings

RANK
Name
Status

Completed

Architecturally Topped Out

Structurally Topped Out

Under Construction

On Hold

Proposed

Vision

Never Completed

Demolished

Competition Entry

Canceled

Proposed Renovation

Under Renovation

Renovated

Under Demolition

Height
1 Palácio Duque de Caxias
170 m / 558  ft
2 Rio Sul Center
163.1 m / 535  ft
3 Ventura Corporate Towers
151.4 m / 497  ft
4 Lelio Gama 105
145.5 m / 477  ft
5 Edificio Conde Pereira Carneiro
145 m / 476  ft
6 Edificio Santos DuMont
140.8 m / 462  ft
7 Centro Candido Mendes
140 m / 459  ft
8 Edificio Lineu de Paula Machado
138 m / 453  ft
9 Edificio Avenida Central
136 m / 446  ft
10 Sede do Banerj
136 m / 446  ft

CTBUH People & Events

Gilberto do Valle

Former CTBUH Chairman, 1993 – 1997

Gilberto do Valle

Projest Consultoria e Projetos Ltda

2019 Global Walking Tour: 50 Forward | 50 Back

27 Jun-09 August 2019

CTBUH 2019 Global Walking Tour: 50 Forward | 50 Back

27 June 2019

Research

16 October 2023

Interactive Study - Sea-Level Rise Susceptibility

This interactive data study builds off the work conducted by the Université de Montréal, supported by the 2019 CTBUH Student Research Competition, kindly sponsored by...

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Global News

07 March 2022

Residential Building in Rio de Janeiro Has Reached Final Delivery

CTBUH has just received confirmation that a 23-story, 78-meter-tall building, Lume Residencial Barra Bonita, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil reached completion in mid-February, 2022....

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Global News

20 August 2021

Symbol of Brazilian Modernism to Be Sold in Rio de Janeiro

The Capanema Palace in downtown Rio de Janeiro is slated to be sold, as well as 2,263 other properties being offloaded by the Brazilian federal...

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