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Faena House Miami Beach — Floor Plans

At 3315 Collins Avenue in Miami Beach's Faena District, Faena House is one of the most architecturally deliberate buildings ever completed in South Florida — 47 residences across 18 stories, designed entirely by Foster+Partners (the London firm of Lord Norman Foster, whose other work includes the Reichstag in Berlin, the HSBC Building in Hong Kong, and Apple Park in Cupertino), conceived as the residential anchor of the Faena District: the 4-block, $1 billion transformation of Mid-Beach's 30th to 40th Street corridor by Argentine developer Alan Faena and his business partner Len Blavatnik.

The building was completed in 2015 and is entirely on the resale market. Its duplex penthouse sold for $60 million — the highest price ever paid for a single residential sale in Miami-Dade County at the time, a record that held until subsequent transactions in the ultra-prime market. Current resale listings average approximately $1,800 per square foot across the standard collection, with recent listings ranging from approximately $6 million to $8.25 million for standard floor plans.

Faena House delivers four named floor plan types — A, B, C, and D — each recurring across multiple floors of the building with ocean-to-bay panoramic views as a building-wide standard, 10.5-foot minimum ceiling heights, and Foster+Partners-specified Trapex door handles and teak entry doors as signature architectural details that distinguish the building from every other luxury tower in the Mid-Beach corridor.

Faena House — Four Named Floor Plans at a Glance

The Foster+Partners Design — Architectural Precision at Every Scale

Foster+Partners' design for Faena House is legible at three scales simultaneously — the building's urban presence on Collins Avenue, the floor plan geometry within each residence, and the material specification of individual fixtures and hardware:

At the urban scale: The building's white sculptural form — elevated on pilotis at the ground level to reveal the beach beyond — sits in direct visual dialogue with Rem Koolhaas's Faena Forum cultural center immediately north, the Faena Hotel to the south (the restored 1950s Saxony), and the Faena Bazaar retail complex between them. Foster+Partners designed the residential building with this cultural compound context as a primary reference — Faena House is not a freestanding luxury tower but a deliberately composed element within a coherent architectural district.

At the floor plan scale: The building's ocean-to-bay panoramic view standard — confirmed for every residence — is the result of a specific structural decision: Foster+Partners eliminated interior columns along the ocean and bay facing walls, using a perimeter structural system that allows floor-to-ceiling glass on all exterior faces of every floor plan. The result is that even the building's smallest residence — the Residence D one-bedroom at 1,307 square feet — delivers unobstructed Atlantic Ocean views through floor-to-ceiling glass from every principal room.

At the hardware scale: The Trapex door handles designed by Foster+Partners — not sourced from a standard architectural hardware catalog but designed by the firm for this specific building — appear on every door in every residence. The teak entry doors with stone flooring in every entry foyer are the first material experience of each floor plan. These details reflect the total design authorship that Foster+Partners exercised at Faena House — from the building's structural system to the door handle in the primary bathroom.

Residence A — 4+ Bedrooms, 4,730 SF Interior, 1,516 SF Alero Terrace

Residence A is the building's largest standard floor plan at 4,730 square feet of interior space and 1,516 square feet of alero terrace — a total living environment of 6,246 square feet. The term "alero" — Spanish for eave or covered terrace — is specific to Faena House's floor plan nomenclature and describes the deep covered terraces that Foster+Partners designed as genuine exterior rooms rather than open balconies. At 1,516 square feet, the Residence A alero is proportioned as a full outdoor living, dining, and entertaining space — not a viewing platform.

Residence A includes:

• 4+ bedrooms and 6 bathrooms plus powder room — the building's most programmatically complete standard floor plan
• 10.5-foot ceilings with floor-to-ceiling glass
• Ocean and bay panoramic views from the primary living areas and all bedroom suites
• Optional staff quarters — available within the floor plan footprint
• Service entrance separate from the private residential elevator vestibule
• Full Foster+Partners interior specification: Trapex door handles, teak entry doors, stone entry foyer flooring
• Choice of White Venetian Terrazzo or Light White Oak flooring throughout
• Integrated motorized blinds in dual-tone fabric throughout
• Laundry room with full-size side-by-side washer and dryer with terrazzo flooring

Residence B — 4+ Bedrooms, 4,165 SF Interior, 1,301 SF Alero Terrace

Residence B at 4,165 interior square feet with 1,301 square feet of alero terrace is the building's second-largest standard floor plan at a total of 5,466 square feet of living environment. The B plan occupies a corner position in the building's floor plate — delivering the building's widest simultaneous ocean and bay view from within a single residence at the standard floor level, with Biscayne Bay visible from one face and the Atlantic Ocean from another.

Five bathrooms plus powder room across 4+ bedrooms. All Foster+Partners specifications at the B plan's four-bedroom scale. At current resale pricing in the $7 million to $8.25 million range, Residence B is consistently the most sought-after standard floor plan for buyers who prioritize the corner position and its dual water view orientation over the raw square footage of the slightly larger A plan.

Residence C — 2 Bedrooms, 2,238 SF Interior, 1,190 SF Alero Terrace

Residence C at 2,238 interior square feet and 1,190 square feet of alero terrace — total living of 3,428 square feet — is the building's two-bedroom configuration and most accessible standard entry point. The 1,190 square feet of alero terrace at the two-bedroom level is particularly notable: at 53 percent of the interior square footage, the Residence C terrace is proportionally larger relative to interior space than most four-bedroom configurations in other buildings on the Mid-Beach corridor.

The C plan's two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and powder room configuration with this terrace scale is most frequently purchased by buyers using Faena House as a South Beach pied-à-terre — the manageable interior footprint paired with the generous covered outdoor terrace delivers a specific lifestyle proposition for owners who spend portions of the year in the building rather than full-time.

Residence D — 1 Bedroom, 1,307 SF Interior

Residence D is the building's entry floor plan at 1,307 interior square feet — the most accessible price point in Faena House and the configuration most frequently held as an investment or second-home unit. At this square footage, the Foster+Partners specification and the building's ocean-to-bay panoramic view standard are delivered at the same level as every other floor plan in the building — the one-bedroom buyer receives the same Trapex door handles, teak entry door, stone foyer flooring, and 10.5-foot ceilings as the four-bedroom A plan buyer.

The Duplex Penthouse — 18,000+ Square Feet and the Miami-Dade Sale Record

The Faena House duplex penthouse occupies floors 16 and 17 of the building — the two uppermost residential levels — in a two-story configuration that is, by any relevant measure, one of the most significant residential floor plans ever delivered in Miami Beach:

• 8,273 square feet of interior space across two levels
• Over 18,000 total square feet of combined interior and outdoor living
• Terrace depths up to 37 feet — the building's maximum alero depth, confirming the penthouse's outdoor living environment as a genuine outdoor estate rather than an oversized balcony
• Private rooftop with pool and entertaining areas
• 5 bedrooms, 7 bathrooms, powder room
• Midnight kitchens in the primary bedroom suite — a building specification exclusive to penthouses
• 13-foot ceilings — stepped up from the standard 10.5-foot and the 11-foot upper floor standard
• Foster+Partners interior specification at full penthouse scale
• Sold for $60 million — the highest residential sale price in Miami-Dade County at the time of the transaction

The $60 million penthouse sale — executed at $7,253 per square foot for the interior space alone — set a pricing reference point for the Faena House building and the broader Mid-Beach luxury market that has anchored the building's resale performance since delivery. For buyers evaluating the standard floor plan collection, the penthouse sale history is the most meaningful single data point: it confirms that the market has assigned Faena House a permanent position at the absolute top tier of the Mid-Beach luxury condo landscape, regardless of new construction delivered since.

The Ceiling Height Progression

One of the building's more architecturally deliberate features is the stepped ceiling height progression that Foster+Partners embedded in the floor plate design:

• Floors 1–13: 10.5-foot ceilings — the building's base standard, already above the industry-standard 10-foot minimum
• Floors 14 and 15: 11-foot ceilings — a one-step elevation at the upper-mid floors
• Penthouse (Floors 16–17): 13-foot ceilings — the crown specification

The step-up at floors 14 and 15 is not random. These are the floors where the building's views first clear the surrounding Mid-Beach context most completely — the step-up in ceiling height at the moment the views expand is a deliberate design synchronization between the vertical visual experience and the spatial experience within the floor plan.

The Faena District Context — What It Means for Floor Plan Owners

Faena House's floor plan story cannot be separated from the district context that Faena founder Alan Faena and Len Blavatnik created on the four-block Collins Avenue site between 30th and 40th Street:

Faena Hotel Miami Beach — the restored 1950s Saxony Hotel, positioned immediately south of Faena House, operating as a 169-room five-star hotel with Los Fuegos restaurant by Francis Mallmann, one of South America's most celebrated fire-based cuisine chefs. Faena House residents access the hotel's spa, beach club, and restaurant programming as part of their residential address.

Faena Forum — the Rem Koolhaas-designed 43,000-square-foot circular cultural center immediately north of Faena House on the same block, hosting performances, exhibitions, and events by global cultural figures. The Forum is permanently sited adjacent to the building's northern elevation — a cultural institution whose programming enriches the daily environment of every Faena House floor plan owner at a level that no other residential building in the Miami Beach market can replicate.

Faena Bazaar — the Rem Koolhaas-designed retail complex within the district.

Casa Faena (formerly Casa Claridge's) — a boutique hotel within the district.

The combination of a Foster+Partners residential tower, a Rem Koolhaas cultural center, a Francis Mallmann restaurant, and a five-star hotel on a four-block oceanfront compound — all created by the same developer at the same time as a unified cultural project — is unique in the history of residential real estate development in Florida. Faena House's floor plans are not merely the units of a luxury building. They are the residential anchor of one of the most ambitious privately created cultural districts in the Americas.

Interior Finish Standards — All Residences

Every Faena House floor plan is delivered with:

• Private or semi-private elevator vestibule with direct residential entry
• 10.5-foot minimum ceilings (11 ft floors 14–15; 13 ft penthouse)
• Floor-to-ceiling glass delivering ocean-to-bay panoramic views throughout all principal rooms
• Teak entry doors with stone flooring in entry foyers
• Trapex door handles designed by Foster+Partners — on every door throughout every residence
• Choice of White Venetian Terrazzo or Light White Oak flooring throughout
• Master bathrooms with double sink vanities, separate bathtub, and glass shower
• Laundry rooms with full-size side-by-side washer and dryer and terrazzo flooring (2–5 BR residences)
• Service entrances in all 2–5 bedroom residences
• Optional staff quarters in select configurations
• Integrated motorized blinds in dual-tone fabric throughout
• Trufig flush-mounted electric fixtures
• Fan coil HVAC system with multiple zones for superior temperature and humidity control
• Midnight kitchens in primary bedroom suites (penthouses only)
• Terrace depths from 4 to 37 feet depending on floor and plan

Building Specifications

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