Highland Beach

Togu Miami: Interior design
In-site design group: Architect
11800 SF - 1090 m2

The site is narrow and deep, with a hundred feet of frontage on the Atlantic. The constraint shaped the house: four levels stacked vertically, each one slightly different in plan, each one framed by the ocean on one side and the Intracoastal on the other.

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The double-height living room is the hinge. It sits at the center of the plan, open to the sea through a wall of glass that runs floor to roof. The light in this room changes constantly, hard and white in the morning, amber by late afternoon, blue at dusk. You learn to read the time of day by the color of the stone floor.

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Materials were chosen for durability against salt and sun: light wood, natural stone, patinated brass. The kitchen is contemporary and functional, designed for use rather than display, and it flows directly into the living and dining areas and out toward the ocean terrace.

Upstairs, the corner master bedroom wraps the building's edge, with glass on two sides. The bathroom is clad in white marble, quiet and deliberate, a room for stillness in a house that faces the open sea.

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The rooftop terrace completes the vertical sequence: a platform above the coastline, open to the sky, with no ornament beyond the horizon line. Below, a five-car garage sits discreetly at ground level, invisible from the beach.