Project 02
Biscayne Park, Miami
739
Biscayne Park
A single roof plane sets the terms for everything beneath it.
739 BP reads as two intentions held in balance. A broad, low roof floats over the entry, its underside lined in warm wood that draws the eye from the street to the front door. A rectangular opening is cut through the plane above the arrival, so the roof shelters without closing, and a tree rises through it into the sky. Beneath, coursed stone blocks ground the house with weight and texture while dark-framed glazing opens the volume to light.
Approx. 4,800 SF
Lead Architect: Cristina Magdaleno
Spaces
At the rear, the language relaxes. Glass slides away entirely and the living spaces extend onto a covered terrace, an outdoor kitchen in the same pale stone, and a pool set into the terrace with the lawn beyond. The house keeps its precision at the front and offers its generosity at the back.
The composition is deliberately asymmetric. A closed garage volume anchors one side, while the opposite lifts into full-height glass, letting the ground floor read as almost transparent. A vertical screen of wood slats marks the threshold, softening the passage from the hard geometry of stone into the warmth of the interior.
Stone for permanence. Wood for warmth. Glass for light. Nothing here is accidental.
Set within the tree-canopied calm of Biscayne Park, the house answers its leafy village with green of its own. Planting is treated as architecture, not decoration. A continuous planter runs the width of the upper slab, front and rear, spilling greenery over the level below, and a single flowering tree meets the facade as a seasonal event.