Chateau Latour

History

Built by Novomarcoi and developed by Bolsa de Imóveisi, with architecture by Pablo Slemensoni, Chateau Latour is the contemporary exception in the series: unlike its neoclassical siblings Chateau Lafitei and Chateau Margauxi, it embraces a modern language. It is anchored in Itaim Bibii, close to Faria Limai, Av. JKi, Parque do Povoi and the Iguatemii and JKi shopping centres.

• Concept: the very highest standard in a contemporary key, with spacious floor plans and double-height balconies.
• Trivia: it shares its name with one of the first châteaux of Bordeaux, but the architecture here is deliberately modern.

Architecture and aesthetics

Contemporary lines where the name promised château: here Pablo Slemensoni set aside the classical repertoire he signs in the sibling buildings and delivered a façade of straight, expansive design. The gesture read from the pavement is the double-height balcony — two storeys of height in a single bay, which breaks the façade’s horizontal repetition and, inside, gives the terrace the proportions of a courtyard rather than a balcony. There are eleven floors with one flat per floor and floor plans ranging from 392 to 911 m²; at this scale, the terrace stops being an appendage and becomes a room in its own right, and it is from there that the building’s identity comes. Neither the interior design nor the landscaping project is publicly documented and, for that reason, neither is credited here.

Aesthetics and scarcity

• Aesthetic: contemporary, with expansive lines.

Technical specifications

• Towers and units: a single tower, one flat per floor. Total leasable area of 12,467 m².
• Sizes: from 392 m² to 911 m² (3 to 5 bedrooms).
• Parking spaces: 5 or 8 spaces, reaching 10 in the penthouses.
• Structural highlights: contemporary style and double-height balconies.
• Registration and parameters: plot 273 m² · frontage 40 m · 1 tower · 11 floors · 12 units · 4 bedrooms · 5 and 7 parking spaces · 4 bathrooms · 3 lifts · private areas of 393, 666 and 911 m² (standard floor) · registry jurisdiction 14º Registro de Imóveis de São Pauloi · zoning ZM · building potential 2x · height limit 28 m.

Leisure and facilities

• Gym with an open-air garden
• Spa
• Lounge and function room
• Indoor and outdoor swimming pools (with a 25 m lane)
• Games room
• Multi-sport court
• Playground

Location and surroundings

Points of interest · distances in metres

Itaim Bibi: the address

Number 1151 sits on the lower stretch of Rua Leopoldo Couto de Magalhães Júniori, already heading down towards JKi Avenue and Parque do Povoi — the opposite end from the residential core where the same street begins. It is the part of Itaim Bibii closest to the financial hub: JK Iguatemii is just over two hundred metres away, the Faria Lima Squarei helipad a hundred and twenty-five, and a corporate tower is a window-neighbour — the address lives alongside the bustle of the people who work there, and makes no pretence otherwise. In exchange, the park begins just over three hundred metres away, Estação Cidade Jardimi is under nine hundred, and Faria Limai is within walking distance. It is the trade of silence for zero distance from work, made with clarity.