Fosters reveals mixed-use plans for Miami Beach

Fosters Miami Beach 5

Source: Foster & Partners

Six-storey building will include retail, offices and two residential floors

Foster & Partners has unveiled designs for a six-storey mixed use building in Miami Beach that will feature shops, offices new homes and rooftop gardens.

Its proposals for The Alton, on Alton Road, were drawn up for luxury real-estate developer SHVO.

Fosters said the building’s massing responded to the cityscape, stepping down to the south and west, in acknowledgment of neighbouring low-rise buildings. Façades for its three office storeys are recessed to increase solar shading and boost balcony space.

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