The building was designed, along with the rest of the city of Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1977.

Marco Maciel (vice president of Fernando Henrique Cardoso) occupied the building from 1995 to 2002.

To the side of the lagoon that gave the name to it and to the edges of the Paranoá Lake, the Jaburu Palace was projected by architect Oscar Niemeyer to be the official residence of the vice president of Brazil, with the urbanistic concept proposed by Lúcio Costa for Brasília.

In its gardens, projected by landscape designer Roberto Burle Marx, species of typical trees join the ornamental plants brought from other regions of the Brazil.

The tranquillity of the place helps to transform it into a natural aviary of rheas, that freely circulate in the nearby green areas.