It was while visiting Rio de Janeiro in 2007 to celebrate the 100th birthday of his friend Oscar Niemeyer that Richard Meier met the clients who would commission his first ever project in South America. Now, nine years later, with the completion of Leblon Offices, for Brazilian investment firm Vinci Partners, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect has delivered a sleek, sun-drenched building whose white aluminum-louvered facade perfectly captures the tony beachside ambience of its well-heeled Leblon neighborhood. At its rear, a concrete volume stands in dialogue with the best of Brazil’s modernist tradition.
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