The Copacabana Palace (1923)*

Artist/Designer: Joseph Gire

Project Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Figure 1: Gérard Gallet, Copacabana Palace Antique Casino Ballroom. Source: Copacabana Website, Photographer Unknown, Year Unknown, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 2: Gérard Gallet, Copacabana Palace Guest Accommodations. Source: Copacabana Website, Photographer Unknown, Year Unknown, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Figure 3: Gérard Gallet, Copacabana Palace Restaurant. Source: Copacabana Website, Photographer Unknown, Year Unknown, Digital Image. ( Source | Accessed : April 7, 2014 )

Style/Period(s):
Revival Styles

Primary Material(s):
Plaster, Wall Paper, Stone

Function(s):
Hospitality

Related Website(s):

Copacabana Palace Official Website. | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Luxury Travel Magazine. "Copacabana Palace. | Accessed : April 7, 2014

"A Historia de Hotel Copacabana Palace." | Accessed : April 7, 2014

Significant Date(s):
20th Century

Additional Information:
The architect was Joseph Gire. It was inaugurated on August 13, 1923. It has 226 rooms. The hotel was remodeled and redecorated in 1989 by the French designer Gérard Gallet.

Publications/Texts in Print-

Bauza, Peter. Copacabana Palace. Baden: Edition Lammerhuber, 2016.

Cohen, Jean-Louis, Roberto Cabot, and Jean Gire. 2014. Joseph Gire: A Construção do Rio de Janeiro Moderno. Rio de Janeiro, Casa da Palavra: 2014.

Matteoli, Francisca. Hotel Stories: Legendary Hideaways of The World. New York: Assouline Publishing, Inc, 2002.

Building Address
1702 Avenida Atlântica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Supporting Designers/Staff
Pool designed by César Melo e Cunha

Significant Dates:
Opened on August 13, 1923
Demolition Planned in 1985
Demolition plans stopped when hotel is purchased by Belmond in 1989

Tags
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian Modernism, Hotels

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