Argentine Alan Faena personifies the new momentum of Latin influence on Miami Beach in the iconic Faena House that’s the 18-story condominium component to his hotel/condo/arts complex known as Faena Miami Beach District. Designed by Foster+Partners, the 18-story oceanfront condominium strides the former Saxony Hotel that will be home to the hotelier’s first US-property being designed by architects Roman and Williams. The condo tower offers a dazzling design by Foster+Partners that incorporates indoor-outdoor flow and an ingenious silhouette that will draw an architectural line in the sand from so many other waterfront towers and hotels built in the last decade that tend toward the predictable.
Faena residents will arrive to a lobby of almost 30-feet ceilings with polished concrete walls and blackened steel windows. Faena House features one to five bedroom fully finished residences with all interior decisions from fixtures to appliances designed or selected by Foster+Partners. All residences feature wrap-around terraces typical to Faena’s native Argentina as well as a showstopper penthouse with rooftop pool and near-3,000-square feet of outdoor space to justify the near $50-million price tag. Further perks of the surrounding Faena District will include an arts center designed by Red Koolhaas and OMA, gardens by Raymond Jungles and forthcoming marina on Indian Creek.
