Brickell Key was always Miami's quiet exception — a 44-acre private island within reach of the city's financial core, yet separated from it by water, a guarded causeway, and the kind of stillness money cannot manufacture in Brickell or South Beach. The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, Miami honors that distinction. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, with South Tower interiors by Paris-based Tristan Auer and landscapes by SHMA, the South Tower is a study in restraint — vertical proportion, deep terraces, natural stone, and unbroken sightlines across Biscayne Bay to the Miami skyline.
Residences begin with a private elevator opening directly into a foyer, a quiet ceremony that disappears the building beyond your front door. Eleven-foot ceiling heights and floor-to-ceiling sliding glass doors pull the bay inside; twelve-foot-deep terraces extend the living room outward, complete with an outdoor wet bar and refrigerator. Floors are natural stone. Kitchens are dressed in custom Italian cabinetry by Molteni&C, fitted with Gaggenau appliances, Dornbracht fixtures, integrated refrigeration, induction cooktops, wine storage, and an espresso machine. Primary baths center on natural stone vanities, marble flooring, soaking tubs, multi-function showers, and Duravit smart toilets. Smart-home prewiring and multi-zone climate control are standard.
The amenity story is what separates this address from anything else announced in Miami. Eighty thousand square feet of multi-tiered podium unfolds as a private resort: an ocean pool and a lagoon pool, private casitas, a hammock forest, a podium art walk, a forest pool with wellness cabanas, indoor and outdoor spa treatment rooms, hammam, hot tub and cold plunge, infrared saunas, a tea garden and yoga lawn, a Technogym-equipped fitness atelier, sports courts, and a dog grooming spa. Family and entertainment programming includes a kids club, billiards and game room, indoor golf simulator, and a sixteen-seat private screening lounge. A 12-seat conference suite, two private meeting rooms, library, and flexible work lounges anchor the business floor.