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Name: Monad Terrace
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Address: 1300 Monad Terrace, Miami Beach, FL
Developer: JDS Development Group
Design Architect: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Executive Architect: Kobi Karp
Construction Manager: GT McDonald
Structural Engineer: WSP
Mechanical Engineer: Feller
Interior Designer: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Landscape Designer: Ateliers Jean Nouvel
Landscape Architect: Kimley-Horn and Associates. Inc
Construction Year: 2021
Height: 173 ft (53 m)


AE Interest: A sawtooth façade to ensure a view of Biscayne Bay for every resident. Honeycomb aluminum screen built into the faceted glass walls for privacy. First luxury condos in Miami to be built above updated flood and sea level elevations at 11.5 feet (3.5 meters).

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Name: Park Grove
Location: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Address: 2811 South Bayshore Drive, Miami, FL 33133
Developer: Terra Group and Related Group
Architects: OMA and Shohei Shigematsu
Executive Architect: Arquitectonica
Structural Engineer: DeSimone Consulting Engineers
Civil Engineer: VSN
MEP Engineer: Feller
Landscape Architect: Enea Garden Design
Interior Design: Meyer Davis
Construction Year: 2020

AE Interests: The three tower design was inspired by nearby barrier reefs. The external columns are covered in a limestone stucco called Thermocromex and they taper and expand to produce a vertical rippling effect, similar to that of palm trees bending away due to wind. These exterior concrete columns support post-tensioned concrete floor slabs meant to withstand the bay’s lateral winds.

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