AS+GG Unveils 53-Storey Lilli Tower for Miami's Edgewater Waterfront

Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) has unveiled Lilli, a 636-foot (193-metre) residential skyscraper planned for a narrow waterfront site in Miami's Edgewater neighbourhood. That height is roughly two-thirds of the way to the 300-metre mark — tall for the district, modest by the standards of a firm that designed the world's upcoming tallest building, Saudi Arabia's Jeddah Tower.

The Chicago-based studio's latest Miami project stacks 117 residences across 53 storeys, working out to just over two units per floor on average. Amenities will include lounges, pools and spas. Renderings are by Darcstudio.

What does the design look like?

The building's form is defined by rounded edges and large spans of glass, interrupted by metallic floor plates. The water-facing side carries terraces, while larger patios run up the opposite face. At the top, a pool will sit on the edge of a terrace underneath a bulkhead clad in the same reflective metal treatment used across the exterior.

The ground floor continues that material language: a residents' lobby with large metallic columns and minimalist detailing.

AS+GG design partner Juan Betancur framed the interiors as an extension of the architecture rather than a separate exercise. "Our vision is for Lilli's interior design to feel inseparable from its architecture," Betancur said.

"The fluidity of the building carries through the interior spaces, while a restrained palette of natural materials allows light, landscape, and views of Biscayne Bay to become part of the experience," he continued. "The result is a sense of quiet refinement that feels distinctly connected to its waterfront setting."

How does Lilli fit into AS+GG's Miami work?

Lilli is part of a run of residential towers the studio has taken on in the city. AS+GG recently completed a "yacht-inspired" building in Miami — Una Residences — and the firm remains best known for superlatively tall projects, including the Jeddah Tower, which is set to become the world's tallest skyscraper upon completion.

Miami's high-end residential pipeline keeps growing alongside it. Bugatti recently unveiled its first branded skyscraper in the city, a sign that luxury marques and major architecture practices are both betting on sustained demand for waterfront towers.

For AS+GG, Lilli tests a different problem than the record-breaking heights of Jeddah: how to build presence on a narrow Edgewater site at 53 storeys, where the design work shifts from sheer scale to the curve of a facade and the placement of a rooftop pool.