Glass

Glass is an ultra-low-density condominium at 120 Ocean Drive, completed in 2015. The 18-story building was developed by Terra Group, with Rene Gonzalez Architect responsible for the design and interiors and Bermello, Ajamil & Partners serving in an executive-architect role. Developer and architecture sources describe ten residences, while the county tax roll contains twelve unit-title parcels, so the page should explain the source distinction rather than publish one number without context. Its focused design story and Ocean Drive address make Glass a strong candidate for detailed architecture-led content.

Glass occupies 120 Ocean Drive with a level of privacy that has no real equivalent in Miami Beach. Rene Gonzalez designed the eighteen-story building for Terra Group as a collection of full-floor residences, delivered in 2015, each entered by private elevator and wrapped on every side in floor-to-ceiling glass. Ownership at this density is closer to a house in the sky than an apartment, with the Atlantic to the east, Biscayne Bay and the Miami skyline to the west, and no neighbor above or below on your own floor. The tower is a work of contemporary architecture in its own right, its shimmering skin reading differently through the course of the day, and it sits at the quiet southern end of Ocean Drive, within walking distance of South Pointe Park, the beach and the neighborhood's restaurants. Buyers here tend to be collectors of design as much as real estate.