Miami's $300 million 'exoskeleton' skyscraper is complete after 7 years. Look inside the Zaha Hadid-designed tower, which comes with a private rooftop helipad.
A Miami skyscraper designed by a legendary architect is complete after seven years and almost $300 million in construction costs, The Wall Street Journal reports.
One Thousand Museum is one of the last designed by famed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, who was nicknamed "Queen of the Curve" before her death in 2016.
The tower has a distinctive "exoskeleton" exterior that's made up of more than 4,800 pieces of glass-fiber-reinforced concrete that were shipped from Dubai.
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A sculptural porte cochere entrance offers residents privacy from the street as they enter the building.
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From the lobby, residents can access their condos via high-speed elevators.
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Each residence spans either a half floor or the entire floor.
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The residences range from four-bedroom to six-bedroom units.
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The residences come with oversized terraces with views of the Miami skyline, Biscayne Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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One Thousand Museum has more than 30,000 square feet of recreation areas for socializing, working out, swimming, and more.
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The fitness center comes with strength and cardio training equipment.
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The double-height aquatic center and its indoor pool overlook downtown Miami.
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The spa includes private rooms for massages and beauty treatments, steam and sauna rooms, a relaxation lounge, plunge pools, and a juice bar.
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The rooftop features a private helipad so the affluent residents can have on-demand transportation to nearby islands and airports — or their private yachts.
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The 62-story luxury tower has reached completion amid a surplus of high-end condos on the market in Miami.
Fewer foreign buyers are interested in buying luxury condos in Miami as South American economies — once a major source of real-estate investment in Miami — falter.
Additionally, as Hillary Hoffower wrote for Business Insider, "new-development condos also emerged onto the market as current condo owners began to sell, some encouraged by the strong value of the US dollar — creating the perfect recipe for a surplus."
Although about 64% of the residences were sold before the building was even finished, Miami developers usually try to presell 85-90% of the units in a building, Peter Zalewski of Miami real-estate consulting firm Condo Vultures told The Wall Street Journal.
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