Miami Design District West

Two primary buildings define the site. A 25-storey residential tower and a 12-storey hotel hold the south and north street frontages respectively, rising into two distinct yet related architectural forms. Their placement responds to zoning constraints while framing the garden at the south-west corner. The garden also establishes a strong spatial relationship with a planned office building at 39th Street and N Miami Avenue which, together with the hotel block, will form a gateway to the district. The arrangement of the towers allows them to look past each other, opening ocean views to the east and the setting sun to the west.

Both buildings follow a similar vertical organisation. A two-storey base contains 52,000 square feet of retail and entrance lobbies. The third floor houses amenity spaces with landscaped terraces – hotel restaurants, spa facilities, and residential wellness spaces – serving as a transition between the active street level and the private accommodation above. The middle section features hotel rooms and residences, while penthouse levels occupy the upper floors. The main roof decks include swimming pools framed by architectural pergolas.

The architectural language derives its character from the primacy of the structural column. Avoiding the typical Miami wrap-around cantilevered balconies, both buildings are instead surrounded by deep, shaded loggias defined by columns clad in profiled glazed terracotta. The white ceramic tiles, with their depth and curvature, create a tactile quality that reflects and responds to the changing light. The residential tower steps in plan, creating changing elevational compositions that interlock and overlap while the hotel adopts a symmetrical grand hotel form with stepped corners that reference Miami heritage, addressing the garden through cantilevered terraces along its south façade.