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"Greenhouse Effect\nRock, Forest and Stellar Views Above Rio de Janeiro\nFor a contemporary residence on a hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, architect Roberto Gon\u00E7alves honored the natural setting by incorporating into the structure both the rock on which it is built and foliage like that of the surrounding tropical forest. The glass roof and the canvas canopy echo the shape of Pedra da G\u00E1vea mountain beyond, at right.\nThe glass roof cascades down the fa\u00E7ade of the terraced house, which abuts the Tijuca National Park.\nGon\u00E7alves gave the living room a low ceiling for a more intimate atmosphere. \"We stay at home more because of the house,\" says the client, a media executive, who shares the residence with his wife and two of his three children.\nThe house is situated below Corcovado mountain, famous for the Christ the Redeemer statue. \"I was inspired by such exuberant surroundings,\" notes Gon\u00E7alves (inset). Opposite: Architect Val\u00E9ria Marques, who designed the interiors, chose a Saarinen table and chairs for the second-floor terrace.\nThe neutral colors of the living room furnishings keep the focus on the views, which take in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, Ipanema and the Copacabana hills. The painting is by Marcus Andr\u00E9. Sofas and armchairs from Flexform.\nThe exposed nature of the space \"allows you to visually connect with the different parts of the house and with the external environment at the same time,\" says the husband. \"The house is sort of Niemeyer\u2014futuristic.\" The glass elevator serves four of the house's five floors.\nA canopy-covered terrace on the top level is surrounded by tropical plants and a panorama of city, ocean and forest.\nMarques's understated palette continues in the master bedroom, which has an adjoining balcony. \"You get a view from any point in the house,\" notes the owner. \"You open everything up, and you feel it's completely outside. It's extroverted.\" The floor is made of peroba wood. Chair from B&amp;amp;B Italia.\nGon\u00E7alves's first step in any project is to \"create a romance with the land,\" so he welcomed the discovery\u2014made after construction had begun\u2014that the property on which the residence was to be built was made up of one gigantic sheet of rock. As with many of the rooms, Gon\u00E7alves used the natural rock in the design of a guest bath."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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