Kengo Kuma designs his first residential tower in Miami Beach, USA

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Japanese architecture firm Kengo Kuma has signed its first residential project in Miami Beach, United States. Built for luxury hotel brand Aman , the residential tower will include 23 private condominiums and will be part of a complex that includes the adjacent Versailles building – a 1940s art deco hotel that is being restored by Jean-Michel Gathy.

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The 18-story structure will be supported by a series of columns spaced to maximize views of the beach from neighboring buildings and street level. At the base of the building, a central support will be covered by a wooden lattice that unravels at the top, creating an organic branch effect where the first residential floor is located.

The perimeter support columns will also be covered in wood , a choice of material that is repeated in the cladding on the underside of the slabs on each floor.A thin, three-story glass wall will surround the entry column to provide shelter from the ocean and create minimalist lounge areas on the ground floor, outside the column.

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The residences’ interiors will include additional references to Japanese material , including washi paper screens, as well as spacious bathrooms with spa amenities. Kengo Kuma projeta sua primeira torre residencial em Miami Beach, EUA

Kengo Kuma projeta sua primeira torre residencial em Miami Beach, EUA

Plans include outdoor landscaping between the two buildings with a built-in sunken pool surrounded by gardens.

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