Set on the cliffs of Joá — the clifftop neighborhood the Brazilian press calls the Beverly Hills of Rio — this is a house built to command a view. Three levels descend the cliff in cinematic steps, each joined by private elevator, each facing the open Atlantic. The architecture is unhurried — a study in glass, stone, and the kind of address money buys in very few places on earth.
ADV101 · Joá, Rio de Janeiro
A Cliffside Villa Above the Atlantic
Five suites, three floors, one of the most private addresses in Brazil.
Feature
Property No. ADV101
Set on the cliffs of Joá — the clifftop neighborhood the Brazilian press calls the Beverly Hills of Rio — this is a house built to command a view. Three levels descend the cliff in cinematic steps, each joined by private elevator, each facing the open Atlantic. The architecture is unhurried — a study in glass, stone, and the kind of address money buys in very few places on earth.
- Bedrooms 5 suites
- Bathrooms 8
- Built area 800 m²
- Land 2,000 m²
- Levels 3 with elevator
- Orientation Ocean full frontage
Step through the entry and the first gesture is the view. A living room opens to dining, dining opens to a gourmet kitchen built for a private chef, and every surface beyond the glass is ocean. The proportions are generous without being theatrical; the furniture — curated, not decorated — reads as a home first and a showpiece second.
Five suites occupy the lower floors, each with its own frame of the sea. A vertical garden threads the levels together, a living tapestry running beside the elevator. Bathrooms are marble-lined and deep; dressing rooms are walk-through and generous. The primary suite takes the best of the southern exposure — a quiet morning, a louder afternoon, and, toward evening, Rio performing its famous light show across the water.
The infinity edge of the pool reads, from the deck, as a straight cut into the Atlantic. Below it: a spa, a sauna, a home theater, and a private lounge set up for long dinners and longer nights. This is the floor that makes the case — the one where guests decide, over a second cocktail, that they're staying another day.
“The Beverly Hills of Rio de Janeiro — and the only house on the crest.”
On the address
Features & Amenities
What the house holds.
- Infinity-edge pool
- Private spa & sauna
- Home theater
- Home office
- Gourmet kitchen
- Private lounge & dining
- Vertical garden
- Smart automation
- Private elevator
- Ocean view from every room
- 24-hour manned security
- Private patrol
- Garage parking
- External leisure area
A premium service program is available on request — private chef, kitchen assistant, housekeeper, and in-house bartender for classic cocktails. Availability and rates on inquiry.
The house sits in Joá — the cliffside neighborhood the Brazilian press calls the Beverly Hills of Rio de Janeiro. Like most homes on the hill it stands inside a gated condominium, with twenty-four-hour manned security and a private patrol. Fewer than a thousand people live across the whole neighborhood; the roster the press reports here — Luciano Huck and Angélica, Cauã Reymond, Danielle Winits, Márcio Garcia and Carolina Dieckmann — is the shortlist of Brazilian television. Yours is the house on the edge of the crest.
The Gallery
Inside the house.
Every room and angle, captured across the day. Tap any photograph to enlarge.
The Inquiry
Shown by appointment.
The house is shown privately, by appointment, through Art de Vivre, the property's exclusive representative. Write to us on WhatsApp or by email — we will introduce you.