Safdie Architects designs residential Florida skyscraper to be "expressive without excess"
Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects has released images of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower in West Palm Beach, with a sculptural shape that expands as it increases in height.
Located at 5400 North Flagler Drive, the skyscraper will contain 87 units spanning 31 storeys and be the first stand-alone residential tower in South Florida by the Mandarin Oriental luxury hotel brand.
Developer Great Gulf, interior design studio Studio Munge and landscape architect ENEA Landscape Architecture are also on the project.
Renders of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower show "four slender volumes that gently taper outward as they rise", according to the team, as well as a multi-storey base that splays out around the bottom.
"This balance – between softness and order, nature and geometry – defines the character of the building," said architect Moshe Safdie. "It is sculptural without being indulgent, expressive without excess."
The building will contain four residential units per floor, and its shape was designed so that every unit would function as a corner residence.
The lower units will contain two- to four-bedroom residences, while two multi-level private villas and a full-floor penthouse will be located on the top floors.
Amenities include a rooftop pool, spa and fitness centre, while "a private beach-inspired" area with a bar and cabanas will be located along the Intracoastal Waterway at the building's backside and be accessed by a large spiral staircase.
The development will also contain a pickleball court and connect to boat docks that are pictured stretching into the waterway.
According to Mandarin Oriental, the project is anticipated to be completed in 2031. Architecture studio BIG is leading the design of another Mandarin Oriental Residences development in Abu Dhabi.
Safdie Architects is also working on a development in Maine, while Dezeen rounded up ten of the studio's large-scale projects, which include the well-known Habitat 67 residential block.
Elsewhere in West Palm Beach, SOM recently completed a tiered office tower informed by Florida's historic tropical modernism style, while architecture studio Kimmel Eshkolot recently completed a restaurant divided byBreeze block partitions.
The images are by Jorg courtesy of Great Gulf.
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