# Project Profile: Hotel Emiliano, Rio de Janeiro

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2018-11-25

architecture, barbara-casasola, brazil, chad-oppenheim, design, dezeen, fashion, fernando-guerra, hotel, infinity-pool, project-profile, rio-de-janeiro, uncategorized, wallpaper

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This is not exactly a new project. The hotel, pictured above, opened in 2016 and was the brand’s second location (their first opened in São Paulo in 2001). But I like the story and how it was executed.

[Hotel Emiliano](https://emiliano.com.br/) is the work of husband and wife team Gustavo Filgueiras and Andrea Colli Filgueiras. He is a hotelier. And she is a jewelry designer. Both wanted to pay homage to the glory days of Rio’s Copacabana Beach.

Designed by Arthus Casas and [Chad Oppenheim](http://oppenoffice.com/) – who, by the way, recently built himself [a stunning home in the Bahamas](https://www.dezeen.com/2017/12/02/house-on-a-dune-oppenheim-architecture-founders-bahamas-holiday-home/) – the 90-room hotel is clad in white shutters that can be used to modulate the Brazilian sun. 

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7ccdcdc65b2cbcb835741fac5a560b0b.jpg)

On the roof is an infinity pool with a glazed side. Here is a screen grab from the [hotel’s website](https://emiliano.com.br/):

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/01339df9398640d18ce836240856ed46.png)

And here is an aerial view of the pool taken from [Dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/21/emiliano-hotel-oppenheim-architecture-copacabana-beach-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-swimming-pool/):

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/7d5ded5d9b91762b616be67b354a42f6.jpg)

The uniforms for the hotel were designed by [Barbara Casasola](https://www.instagram.com/casasola_official/) and a custom jewelry collection was created by Andrea Colli. 

![image](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9e40e25d22577c0182fba4825bd003eb.jpg)

For more photos, check out [Dezeen](https://www.dezeen.com/2018/01/21/emiliano-hotel-oppenheim-architecture-copacabana-beach-rio-de-janeiro-brazil-swimming-pool/) and [Wallpaper](https://www.wallpaper.com/travel/hotel-emiliano-evokes-copacabanas-glory-days).

_Architectural photography:_ [_Fernando Guerra_](https://www.instagram.com/fernandogguerra/)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/project-profile-hotel-emiliano,-rio-de-janeiro)*