{"id":621137,"date":"2026-02-28T00:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621137\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T00:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T00:58:16","slug":"safdie-architects-designs-sculptural-florida-skyscraper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/621137\/","title":{"rendered":"Safdie Architects designs sculptural Florida skyscraper"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects<\/a> has released images of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower<\/a> in West Palm Beach, with a sculptural shape that expands as it increases in height.<\/p>\n

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<\/a> luxury hotel brand.<\/p>\n

\"SafdieSafdie Architects designs curved tower in West Palm Beach<\/p>\n

Developer Great Gulf<\/a>, interior design studio Studio Munge<\/a> and landscape architect ENEA Landscape Architecture<\/a> are also on the project.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

\"SafdieA “beach-inspired” lounge area sits along the waterway<\/p>\n

“This balance \u2013 between softness and order, nature and geometry \u2013 defines the character of the building,” said architect Moshe Safdie. “It is sculptural without being indulgent, expressive without excess.”<\/p>\n

The building will contain four residential units per floor, and its shape was designed so that every unit would function as a corner residence.<\/p>\n

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SOM completes skyscraper informed by Florida’s tropical modernism\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

Amenities include a rooftop pool<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n

The development will also contain a pickleball court and connect to boat docks that are pictured stretching into the waterway.<\/p>\n

\"SafdieIt is slated for completion in 2031<\/p>\n

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<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Safdie Architects is also working on a development in Maine<\/a>, while Dezeen rounded up ten of the studio’s large-scale projects<\/a>, which include the well-known Habitat 67 residential block.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in West Palm Beach, SOM recently completed a tiered office tower<\/a> informed by Florida’s historic tropical modernism style, while architecture studio Kimmel Eshkolot recently completed a restaurant divided byBreeze block partitions<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The images are by Jorg<\/a> courtesy of Great Gulf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects has released images of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower in West Palm Beach,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":621138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,380,265843,25017,265842,92915,92916,92917,32006,35415,67,132,68,2969],"class_list":["post-621137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-miami","tag-moshe-safdie","tag-residential-architecture-and-interiors","tag-safdie-architects","tag-sectionall","tag-sectionarchitecture","tag-sectionnews","tag-skyscrapers","tag-towers","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116145547197038512","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}