Private Rio: The Great Houses and Gardens

by Tomas de Elia and André Corrêa do Lago

Book Overview

Rio de Janeiro is renowned as one of the world's most alluring and sophisticated cities of exciting high life, but beyond its veil of glamour, the city discreetly conceals a hidden world of history... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847824748
• ISBN13: 9780847824748
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 191 Pages
• Weight: 2.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.0" x 10.4"

Customer Reviews

Interior design with a minimalist touch

For you ladies who eagerly await each new "Anthropologie" catalog: This coffee table book shows how the elegant people furnish their homes, foremost sparingly, with few but carefully selected art and exquisite accessories.

Ravissant Rio de Janeiro

Private Rio is an extraordinary visual jaunt through private homes. If you're interested in interior design for a tropical climate, this is for you. The photos are lush, and the text and the history behind each house is quite detailed. Pick it up for historical information, visual delight or just something pretty for your coffee table. You will not be disappointed.