UPDATE: Zaha Hadid's Luxury Apartment Complex in Rio De Janeiro Cancelled
Due to delays on “work license” and schedule for the launch of the project.
UPDATE: Construction surrounding Zaha Hadid’s Residencial Casa Atlântica” in Copacabana was recently canceled. Billed as the iconic designer’s first project in South America, the ambitious undertaking was terminated due to “the delay of the city hall to release the work license and the consequent delay of the launch and inauguration of the project,” reported O Globo via ArchDaily. The pledged luxury residential condominium was designed in 2013 and was supposed to be completed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Brazilian entrepreneur Omar Peres, who spearheaded the endeavor and gave Hadid the go-ahead to freely take on the design, told ArchDaily: “The project has run its course. Rio loses when it could have had the only Zaha Hadid in Latin America. I will save [the project] to one day construct it in another place.”
Article originally published on December 22, 2014: Moving on from her endeavors designing, you know, new stadiums for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, influential architect and designer Zaha Hadid has most recently unveiled designs for a waterfront condo complex in Brazil. Taking to the sweeping beach landscape of Rio de Janeiro, Hadid echoes the soft splashing waves of Copacabana beach – eternalizing them with a delightfully minimal symmetrical facade. The building is intended to play host to 30 exclusive residences, each nicely serviced with amenities found in seven-star hospitality. With construction set to start in early 2015, enjoy a look at this wondrous structure above.
