Location
Miami Beach, Florida
Industry
Residential
Scope of Work
Architectural Design
Hardie Avenue Residence is a grand two-story British Colonial estate located on Hardie Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida. The design takes a deliberately traditional architectural position within a city better known for its modernist housing stock, drawing from the proportional language, symmetry, and detail vocabulary of British Colonial architecture. The result is a residence that feels rooted in established architectural tradition while delivering the scale, amenities, and indoor-outdoor program expected of contemporary South Florida estates.
The massing is composed symmetrically across a generous two-story footprint, with the second floor crowned by wrap-around balconies that extend across the primary elevations. The balconies are not stylistic ornament, they are functional architectural elements that double the usable area of the upper floor and provide deep shading for the rooms beneath them, a design strategy native to Colonial architecture and exceptionally well suited to the South Florida climate. Every primary upper-level room opens directly to the balcony, creating a continuous outdoor circulation path around the home that supports breeze capture, view, and casual outdoor living throughout the day.
The architectural detail vocabulary stays disciplined and proportionally restrained. Window proportions, column placement, and roof articulation all reference traditional Colonial design without veering into pastiche. Inside, the spiral staircase serves as both functional circulation and a sculptural anchor, threading the two levels together with a single architectural gesture that would feel at home in either a traditional or contemporary interior. The design philosophy treats the residence as a true estate, designed for daily living, gracious entertaining, and the slower rhythms of waterfront South Florida life. The result is a Miami Beach home that confidently steps outside the city's modernist default while honoring the architectural quality and proportional refinement the neighborhood demands.
