Casa Atlantica by Zaha Hadid, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The building designed by Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid on Atlantic Avenue in Copacabana is her first project in Brazil and South America. The condominium building includes 30 luxury apartments on eleven floors, a rooftop swimming pool, a cinema and a spa. Zaha Hadid has developed a building, for a height of 41.5 metres, with a skeletal facade where each storey resembles a horizontal vertebra.