Architecture studio Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a supertall skyscraper in Miami that is set to house the relocated headquarters of hedge fund Citadel.
Designed at 54 storeys and 1,032 feet (314 metres), 1201 Brickell Bay Drive is a symmetrical supertall skyscraper designed by Foster + Partners in Miami's Brickell neighbourhood.
Foster + Partners has unveiled designs for a supertall skyscraper in Miami
Developed by Philadelphia-based Gattuso Development Partners, the skyscraper is part of an overall development that will include offices, hotels and retail. The skyscraper will abut the Miami South Channel while the future mixed-use developments will expand slightly inland at 1221 Brickell Avenue and 1250-1260 Brickell Bay Drive.
The Foster + Partners skyscraper will house approximately 34 floors of office space and 212 hotel rooms across its uppermost floors. It is part of a larger development planned for plots in the Brickell neighbourhood
Renderings show a tapered tower with rounded corners that rise to meet a flat, rectangular cap blooming outwards from the top.
It is clad in all white with thin horizontal louvres running horizontally underneath each floor plate, which draw from Flordia's vernacular architecture, according to the studio.
It is set to house the headquarters of hedge fund company Citadel
"The tower's tapered form unifies its various functions, enhances structural efficiency, and creates an elegant marker on the Miami skyline," said F...