Jefferson Multifamily ResidenceMiami Beach, Florida

Zaha Hadid ApartmentMiami Beach, Florida

Coral Gables Waterfront ResidenceMiami, USA

Lusic ResidenceMiami, Florida

The Miami Beach Residence is for a European family living in Miami. Positioned in a tight standard-size lot (7,500sf) and separated from the sea by Harbor Drive, the three-story house has a frontal view of the intra-coastal waterway. The organization responds to the desire to maximize water views, natural light, and vegetation. Blurring the distinction between indoors and outdoors, the house incorporates a front porch as an extension of the public areas, which can be joined to the living room by sliding a large glass façade out of the way. The second floor has bedrooms, and the last floor has a terrace, barbeque, and a jacuzzi prepared for large entertaining.

The Roads

The Roads Townhouses is comprised of nine upscale contemporary townhomes located on a quiet street near the Vizcaya Metrorail Station, which are ideal for young professionals working in the Brickell, Coral Gables or nearby areas. Each townhome, which is approximately 2,500 square feet, has three levels with three or four bedrooms, and includes roof terraces with unobstructed views of downtown Miami, parking and a private patio on the ground floor.

Coral Gables AdditionMiami, USA

The project entails adding to an existing waterfront residence in the Sunrise Harbor neighborhood of Coral Gables. The existing residence is located on a 27,000-sf lot and includes a 4-bedroom, 4.5-bathroom home with ancillary outdoor and indoor spaces that add approximately 4,237 sf.

The Sunrise Harbor neighborhood has undergone many changes in the last few years, becoming very eclectic in its styles as 60 and 70 modern homes with pitched roofs are intertwined with Mediterranean revival residences and more contemporary homes with flat roofs and defined frontal arrangements. At least four prominent houses with flat roofs within a few blocks of the waterfront residence. These tend to have large glazing panels facing the street, often double height, balconies and finishes in stucco, stone, wood, or painted metal. Landscape plays a prominent role in screening and providing privacy.

Our approach was to generate an interplay between old and new, taking the garage one story volume to establish an axis of symmetry to what happens on each side of it, existing to the right and new addition on the left. The addition respects the portico height, establishing a solid horizontal line (datum) in the second story that visually carries through both volumes. The four portico columns are replicated to emphasize the visual connection further, framing the new main entrance. The mass of the existing house is reproduced in addition to acting as a counterbalance in the symmetrical composition.

Meridian ResidenceMiami Beach, USA

The single-family residence is located in a quiet section of Meridian Avenue, directly across Miami Beach’s Golf Club. The ground floor is designed as a large garden, while the residential program is on the second floor. Elevating the house has several advantages: providing uninterrupted golf course views above the tree-tops, allowing for better cross ventilation as it takes advantage of the natural breezes at a higher elevation, and providing large terraces that serve as extensions of the rooms to entertain guests or relax. Florida’s mid-century modern architecture inspires the design with its generous overhangs and exterior window louvers to filter the direct sun, clean horizontal lines, and operable walls. Elevating the residence provided an opportunity to design a continuous garden experience at ground level, planned with lush vegetation, terraces, and water features that develop partly under cover. It is a residence designed to entertain and enjoy the unique setting in Miami Beach.

Biscayne Bay TowerMiami, Florida