American firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson has completed a house in Miami Beach, with a flat roof, glass walls and pilotis, all evocative of the region's modernist architecture.
Spanning 5,192 square feet (482 square metres), the two-storey San Marino Residence is located on an island in Biscayne Bay.

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson designed the house as "a reinterpretation of the regional post-war Miami modernist architecture movement". Miami modernist (MiMo) architecture is a variation of the International Style, and many resorts were built in this typology after the Great Depression.
Features that follow this style include the rectangular plan, the series of pilots that support the flat-roofed structure, and large expanses of glass.
"The clients, who own a winery in Santa Barbara, California, asked for an indoor-outdoor experience set within a tropical landscape that creates a sense of being on the water," said Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in a project description.

Therefore, San Marino Residence is open and exposed at the rear, with ample outdoor areas and a lap pool on its top level. The long, thin pool features a dramatic 18-foot (5.5-metre) cantilever that follows the home's primary axis, and also includes a glass end wall and glazed portion of its base.

From the front, the house is concealed with a gated entrance and lush foliage for privacy. A covered, outdoor walkway runs parallel to the pool above.

The narrow wedge-shaped plot informed...