Architecture – The BIG BUBBLE Miami

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Arabic-Inspired Coral Gables House is on the Market for $1.65 Million, And Dripping in Exotic Details

I’m not sure if it’s historic or not, but this arabic-inspired courtyard house in Coral Gables is still pretty dang gorgeous. Located at 5538 San Vincente Street, it’s on the market for $1.65 million. They don’t build classy, courtyard houses like this that often anymore. The brokerbabble is a little over the top though.

by Sean McCaughan

Inside Aventura Mall’s Big, Futuristic New Wing, Designed by Carlos Zapata

Aventura Mall’s huge new wing, designed by architect Carlos Zapata, opened recently. The expansion, which includes two stories of retail and a third containing a food hall, is impressive at almost any scale. It’s also the most design-driven part of the mall, with dramatic architecture, soaring ceilings, a towering art slide in the open-ended courtyard.

by Sean McCaughan

Check Out the Atrium in this 1910 Coconut Grove House, Listed for $16M

This classic Coconut Grove house was built in 1910 for an original Grove family the Peacocks, according to the brokerbabble. It looks like it’s had quite the swanky re-do that will guarantee its preservation. Sure, it’s missing its old bathrooms and some of the original details, but many of the others have been saved, including that sensational atrium.

by Sean McCaughan

Construction at Hyde Beach House, the Last Part of Hyde-Land, in Hollywood Beach, is Half Done

Here’s a little construction milestone for ya. Hyde Beach House, the last section of the little cluster of mostly-Hyde-branded condominium projects straddling the Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Beach border developed by the Related Group, has reached fifty percent completion and is eighty percent sold out, according to a publicist for the project.

by Sean McCaughan

Totally Fab Mid Mod Des Res in Palm Beach Wants $5.69 Million

Built in 1952, this midcentury modern house in the Estate Section of Palm Beach is listed for $5.69 million and centered around a fabulous circular courtyard and pool. The house has some traditional architectural detailing, like a chevron parquet wood floor, and large french doors, but it also includes some spectacular midcentury elements like that pool. Ohhhh, that pool. The front gate is pretty spectacular too. This place is meant for people who drink way too much and somehow stay fabulous doing it. Here’s how the brokerbabble describes the joint:

by Sean McCaughan

Huge Shingle-Style House in Palm Beach Wants $24M

Bling, bling, with a Hamptons-in-the-tropics look. This shinge-style joint’s on the market for $24 million. Whaddaya think, yo?

by Sean McCaughan

Allison Island New Build is a Stunning Interpretation of a Maurice Fatio Classic for $22.5M

I avoided posting this house at first because I was afraid it was a gut remodel job of a classic Maruice Fatio house. The seminal Miami and Palm Beach architect designed a sublime house with a very similar layout somewhere else on Miami Beach in the 1920s or ’30s. But no, this place is new, and it’s spectacular.

by Sean McCaughan

Villa Paula, Cuba’s Elusive Former Consulate, is About to Hit the Market

Villa Paula, the storied, old Cuban consulate in Miami, is about to hit the market. Listed by ONE Sotheby’s International Realty agent Jean-Louis Delbeke, the property will hit the market at $4.5million as part of a four-lot commercial assemblage, according to a publicist.

by Sean McCaughan

Iconic Camp Biscayne Lodge is on the Market for $3.1M

Camp Biscayne is the kind of Miami, in the heart of Coconut Grove, that just screams “Miami.” This house, a grown-up’s tropical tree house, was built in the swinging ’80s and has been on the market since 2016, slowly trickling down in price from $5 million to $3.1M now.