Architecture of the coast

Cohen, Freedman, Encinosa & Associates (CFE Architects)

CFE has practiced since 1961 and lists Bellini Bal Harbour and Grand Bay Residences among its projects. On this coast it is the architect of three of the four Acqualina towers: the two Estates towers and The Mansions. At The Estates at Acqualina, South Tower, CTBUH names CFE as design architect and CFE names itself architect of record. A 2020 release reprinted by the developer credited STA Architectural Group, whose documented role is the residence interiors. The tower is all-concrete, 646 ft (196.9 m) tall with 50 floors per CTBUH, and its lobbies are credited to Karl Lagerfeld.

The North Tower, at 672 ft (204.8 m) and 52 floors, is the tallest completed building in CTBUH's Sunny Isles Beach list. At The Mansions at Acqualina, CFE is architect of record and STA did the interiors; there a top-floor residence has a glass-bottomed pool cantilevered out over Collins Avenue. CFE is also the architect of the approved tower at 19051 Collins Avenue, which would rise about 820 ft (250 m), according to an FAA determination reported in July 2025.

Arquitectonica

Arquitectonica designed three towers here. At Regalia the firm's stated idea is "a sculpture that embodies the feeling of ocean waves and breezes". An undulating terrace wraps every floor as a shaded veranda, and glass balustrades form bands that shift from floor to floor. Regalia has 39 full-floor residences and rises 485 ft (147.8 m), per CTBUH; the firm lists a SARA Design Award of Merit and an International Property Awards prize for it.

The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Sunny Isles Beach has 800,000 sq ft (74,300 m²) on a 2.2-acre site, with interiors by Michele Bönan and Arquitectonica Interiors and landscape by ArquitectonicaGEO. The St. Regis Residences, Sunny Isles Beach, now under construction, has two 62-story towers of 750 ft (229 m) each. Its west façade is to carry 53,372 sq ft (4,958 m²) of photovoltaic glass, expected to produce about 530,000 kWh a year. Arquitectonica's earlier work includes The Atlantis in Miami, known for its open sky court.

The Sieger Suarez Architectural Partnership

Sieger Suarez has the largest presence on the coast. It designed Porsche Design Tower, a circular all-concrete tower on 12 columns with post-tensioned slabs, whose car elevator lifts residents in their cars to garages beside their homes. It designed the Trump Grande complex, of which Trump Royale is one tower, and Bentley Residences, under construction with a diamond-patterned façade. It was architect of record for Muse and Residences by Armani/Casa.

Bentley Residences shows how far sources can differ: 741.5 ft (226 m) on the architect's sheet, 745 ft (227.1 m) at CTBUH and 716 ft in press reports. On any of the three, it ranks first by height in CTBUH's Sunny Isles Beach list, as a tower under construction.

Robert M. Swedroe (Swedroe Architecture)

Robert M. Swedroe spent 12 years as senior design architect for Morris Lapidus, architect of the Fontainebleau. His firm designed Acqualina Resort & Residences, whose Mediterranean Revival motifs, color changes between bays and tiled dome are described in Ellen J. Uguccioni's city-authorized book "A Source of Community Pride: The Architecture of Sunny Isles Beach". Swedroe was also architect of record for Turnberry Ocean Club.

Five more firms

Carlos Zapata. CTBUH credits Carlos Zapata Studio with Turnberry Ocean Club, whose three-story Sky Club on floors 30 to 32 carries two cantilevered pools of 22 × 60 ft (6.7 × 18.3 m). The developer quotes Zapata as using "glass like a jeweler uses diamonds". His studio lists Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City and Soldier Field in Chicago among its work.

Herzog & de Meuron. The Basel firm, whose founders received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001, designed Jade Signature. Its architects call it "a tower on the beach" whose "overall form is quiet" while "the details provide the architectural identity". Floor slabs mark each level and shade terraces equal to about 30% of the interior floor area. It received an American Architecture Award in 2019.

Pelli Clarke & Partners. The firm of the Petronas Towers, the world's tallest building from 1996 to 2004, designed Residences by Armani/Casa, with Gregg E. Jones as lead designer. It describes two intertwined sail-like forms whose chamfered ends reach outward at the top.

Kobi Karp. Kobi Karp Architecture designed Chateau Beach Residences, describing a form "inspired by the movement and fluidity of the surrounding coastline" with sinuous balconies. The firm lists Panorama Tower and Palazzo del Sol among its projects, and its portfolio includes a Golden Beach house.

Carlos Ott. CTBUH credits Carlos Ott Architect with Muse, which it lists as completed in 2018, on a lot of 0.85 acres (0.34 ha). Ott designed the Opéra Bastille in Paris, inaugurated on 13 July 1989, and Jade Ocean next door to Muse.