Edifício Itacurussá.
The green-tile tower that put height on Vieira Souto.
Ipanema · Rio de Janeiro
About the building
Edifício Itacurussá in brief.
Itacurussá sits at Av. Vieira Souto 620 with one of the most recognizable façades on the Ipanema beachfront — a continuous wall of emerald-green ceramic tile that has become a navigation landmark on the avenue. Roughly 30 apartments, every one with frontal or panoramic views of Praia de Ipanema.
Inventory is selective; the building has been a high-society address for five decades and most units remain with families that bought in during the 1970s and 1980s. When apartments do reach the market the ticket reflects both the oceanfront frontage and the address-recognition premium.
Address
Av. Vieira Souto 620, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro — 22420-002
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.
Praia de Ipanema · Posto 9
0 min · across avenue
Metrô Gen. Osório (L1)
6 min walk
Santos Dumont Airport
21 min by car
Galeão (GIG)
34 min by car
Garcia D'Avila luxury strip
5 min walk
Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas
8 min walk
On the map
Edifício Itacurussá located.
Av. Vieira Souto 620, Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro — 22420-002
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History
How it got here.
Construction began in 1966, with the building delivering in 1970 — one of the first towers above ten floors on Avenida Vieira Souto, built immediately after municipal regulations were relaxed to allow tall beachfront construction in Ipanema.
Through the 1980s the Itacurussá became one of the social gathering points of carioca high society — traditional families lived in upper-floor units and the lobby hosted meetings between national and international political figures of the era.
The green-tile façade has been preserved through every common-area renovation cycle; structural and systems modernizations have happened progressively while the architectural language has stayed intact.
Recent transactions
What units have closed for.
Vieira Souto frontline closings — predominantly off-portal. ADV-verified or sourced from public registry filings.
Date
Floor / position
Size
Sale price (BRL)
USD
R$/m²
2026-01
08º (frente)
280 m²
R$ 24.6M
$4.82M
R$ 87,900
2025-08
05º (frente)
250 m²
R$ 19.4M
$3.80M
R$ 77,600
2025-03
13º (cobertura)
440 m²
R$ 38M
$7.45M
R$ 86,400
Long-term rent
What a unit leases for.
Long-term focus given the 30-night minimum on STR. Tenant base is corporate relocations and HNW Brazilians.
Monthly rent range
R$ 42K – R$ 110K
Long-term lease (12+ months)
Who's lived here
Notable residents.
Where named individuals declined attribution, we describe the owner profile. No address-level identification of current residents.
Traditional carioca families
Multiple original-owner families remain in the building — Itacurussá was an address-of-record for the city's old money through the 1980s and 1990s.
Political & diplomatic owners
The 1980s social-political circle around the building left a long ownership thread; consular and diplomatic owners remain among the resident mix.
Available now
No active units. For the moment.
We currently have no mandates inside Edifício Itacurussá. Inventory in this building moves rarely and often off-portal. Tell us you're watching it — we'll come to you the moment a unit becomes available.
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