Ocean Penthouse - Smiros and Smiros Architects

Open-plan great room in a South Beach Miami penthouse with floor-to-ceiling glass, ocean views, low sectional seating, dining area, and modern concrete columns.

Ocean Penthouse

— South Beach, Miami —

This Miami Beach penthouse, the fifth project S&S has completed for their client in locations around the globe, encompasses an entire floor and rooftop terraces, embracing city and ocean views. It elegantly tackles what is arguably the trickiest challenge of glass-enclosed seaside apartments—not detracting from the spectacular panorama while not remaining subservient to it—with contemporary panache.

In the great room, floor-to-ceiling glazing brings the South Beach Miami coastline into the interior while the seating remains low, calm, and horizontal. The composition reflects a restrained approach to luxury apartment design, balancing comfort, artful furnishings, and uninterrupted views. Includes the Abyss Table by Duffy London.

Living area of a South Beach penthouse with sectional seating, glass chandelier, floor-to-ceiling windows, balcony, and ocean views. — In the great room, floor-to-ceiling glazing brings the South Beach Miami coastline into the interior while the seating remains low, calm, and horizontal. The composition reflects a restrained approach to luxury apartment design, balancing comfort, artful furnishings, and uninterrupted views. Includes the Abyss Table by Duffy London.

The great room pairs a soft seating arrangement with a sculptural free-edge Duffy London Abyss Table and a floating stair, bringing tactile natural materials into the glass-enclosed apartment. The result is a warm, artful counterpoint to the penthouse’s clean concrete and ocean-facing architecture.

Living room detail in a Miami Beach penthouse with pale sofa, free-edge wood and glass coffee table, flowers, and a floating stair beyond. — The great room pairs a soft seating arrangement with a sculptural free-edge Duffy London Abyss Table and a floating stair, bringing tactile natural materials into the glass-enclosed apartment. The result is a warm, artful counterpoint to the penthouse’s clean concrete and ocean-facing architecture.

Close view of a Miami Beach penthouse living room with pale sectional sofa, glass coffee table, sculptural wood accents, flowers, balcony, and ocean beyond. — This living room detail shows how natural materials and low-profile furniture frame the surrounding South Beach Miami view rather than overpowering it. Sculptural wood elements, a glass coffee Abyss Table by Duffy London, and layered textiles add warmth to the contemporary penthouse renovation.

Penthouse study with dark built-in bookcases, modern desk and chair, colorful artwork, floor-to-ceiling windows, and ocean view. — This South Beach penthouse study uses dark built-in shelving and a disciplined furniture plan to create a focused room within the larger glass-wrapped residence. Art, books, and the ocean view give the space a collected character suited to an art-filled luxury apartment renovation.

Minimalist Miami Beach penthouse kitchen with marble island, integrated appliances, pendant lights, concrete column, and floor-to-ceiling ocean-view windows. — The penthouse kitchen uses a long marble island, integrated cabinetry, pendant lighting, and carefully concealed function to preserve sightlines to the beach and ocean. Its restrained material palette supports modern cooking and entertaining while keeping the glass-wrapped Miami Beach setting as the primary architectural presence.

Evening family room in a Miami South Beach penthouse with lounge seating, sculptural objects, floor-to-ceiling windows, and city and ocean views. — This family room shows the penthouse’s glass-box condition at night, with the Miami skyline and ocean horizon becoming part of the room’s atmosphere. Comfortable seating, sculptural accents, and soft lighting give the luxury penthouse interior a more casual, lived-in dimension.

Throughout, a striking balance between natural and manmade beauty is experienced, between ever-changing light and landscape and the constancy of disciplined yet comfortable modernism.

Primary bedroom in a Miami South Beach penthouse with neutral bedding, concrete column, floor-to-ceiling windows, ocean view, and adjoining bath beyond. — The primary bedroom continues the penthouse’s calm, view-oriented language with neutral textiles, polished surfaces, and glass walls facing the Miami Beach coastline. A direct visual connection to the bath and terrace reinforces the apartment’s flowing, contemporary plan.

Marble primary bathroom in a Miami Beach penthouse with floating double vanity, wall mirrors, tub, wood drawers, and ocean-view windows. — The primary bathroom is lined in marble and organized with a floating vanity, clean mirrors, and broad windows toward the ocean. Within the luxury Miami Beach apartment renovation, the room balances polished materiality with the same restrained, view-centered approach found throughout the penthouse.

Contemporary penthouse bedroom reflected in a round mirror, with white bedding, colorful artwork, pendant light, and concrete-textured wall. — This bedroom detail captures the apartment’s art-forward sensibility through a layered reflection of bed, pendant, and colorful wall artwork. Concrete-toned surfaces and crisp white bedding maintain the cool modern character of the South Beach penthouse.

Top-down aerial view of a Miami Beach penthouse rooftop terrace with rectangular pool, red lounge chairs, red umbrellas, wood decking, and glass perimeter. — The aerial view reveals the rooftop as a carefully planned outdoor living level, organized around a rectangular pool, red loungers, umbrellas, and wood decking. The composition supports entertaining while preserving the clean geometry of the South Beach penthouse architecture.

Rooftop pool terrace of a Miami Beach penthouse at dusk with red lounge seating, wood decking, infinity-edge pool, ocean, and cruise ship beyond. — The rooftop terrace crowns the Miami Beach penthouse with an infinity-edge pool, wood decking, and red lounge seating oriented toward the Atlantic. Designed for outdoor living and entertaining, the terrace turns the ocean horizon into the defining edge of the residence.

Evening rooftop terrace in a Miami Beach penthouse with red seating, fire feature, pavilion, glass railing, infinity pool, and ocean view. — This exterior view shows the rooftop terrace as an extension of the penthouse’s modern living spaces, with fire features, lounge seating, glass rails, and the infinity-edge pool set against the ocean. The design gives the luxury penthouse renovation a generous outdoor room above the city and beach.

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51 Glen Street, Glen Cove, NY 11542
516 676 9200

3 Columbus Circle, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10019
212 956 9326

contact@smiros.com