#157 l Four Seasons Hotel & Tower l MIAMI l 240m l 64fl

[RafflesCity]

Four Seasons Hotel & Tower
Miami, USA

HEIGHT: 240m/787 feet
FLOORS: 64 floors
COMPLETION: 2002
ARCHITECT: Gary Edward Handel & Associates/ Bermello, Ajamil & Partners

Situated one block from Biscayne Bay, the Four Seasons Hotel & Tower is the tallest structure in the southeastern United States and Miami's first true mixed-use urban residential building. This landmark destination integrates a five-star hotel with luxury residential condominiums, timeshare units, a fitness facility, and Class A office space into a 64-story concrete frame.

The tower is clad in a glass and metal skin, and the low-rise podium containing the parking garage is stone and pre-cast panels. This base acts as an elevated ground plane, with retail uses enlivening the surrounding streets. Amenities include a 65,000 SF roof terrace designed by landscape architect Dan Kiley.

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/4seasonsmiasmall01.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/ssc1819/4season.jpg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/4seasonsmiasmall02.jpeg

http://mywebpage.netscape.com/rotpics01/4seasonsmiasmall03.jpeg

http://skyscraperpage.com/gallery/data/643/46dsc00289.jpg

http://www.garyhandel.com/project/400x300/mb1_T6.jpg

http://www.garyhandel.com/project/240x240/MB1_Terrace14.jpg

http://www.garyhandel.com/project/400x300/mb1-water.jpg

[Muse]

Certainly dominates its part of the skyline. I like hotels or apartment buildings that look more like sleek office towers.

Nice tall box. 8

[SteelCity32]

It's another one of those types, where you could point it out anywhere.

8/10

[Sunflower]

It is a box but it's a nice design and looks good.

8/10

It would fit in well in London...can we have it? :) ;)

[Peter The Great]

This one doesn't look that boxy...I like it. Simple yet appealing.
:cheers:
9/10

[Caledon1981]

amazing tower .. . it may be a box, but its a BLUE GLASS box .. 8.5/10

[Bobdreamz]

I love my city's newest and tallest!!..it is a very sleek and slender tower with beautiful blue/green glass...although we don't have a 1,000 foot tower it's height is amazing...it dominates the skyline!!
by the way the FAA kept the height below 800 feet....here is a construction pic (courtesy of havok) and a rendering....9/10

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/511/826fourseasonssmall.jpg

http://www.millenniumptrs.com/miami/images/water_view2.jpg

[AG]

A very nice box. The sides and top are quite good. If you look closely enough, you might be able to see some slight curving.

9/10

[SUNNI]

hm... i love this box:D (i think 9)

[TYW]

6.5/10

not that nice!

[DamienK]

Ok, but not spectacular. 7.5/10

[NickT]

8.5/10 One of my favorites, nice fit in Miami

[Subdude]

It's very handsome, not ugly at all, but on the other hand it doesn't stand out in any particular way from any number of other similar buildings. I guess that throws it right in the middle: 5!

[RafflesCity]

7.5/10

Its nice and slim and does wonders for Miami's skyline. But compared to the other buildings here, 7.5 is a pretty good score.

[Steven]

there isn't much Architectural styling done to this building so its kinda bland.

I give it a 8/10

[DrumCorpsAlum]

8/10. Looks okay so far.

[CTroyMathis]

Actually, I adore it - even in it's design simplicity. I really like this elegant and graceful Miami glass tower. 8.5.

[Liz L]

8/10 - It's a box, but it's sleek, with good height - it's tall enough to keep the broad side from looking too chunky. And the curtain glass facade really dances with the light, plus it has a nice color and two contrasting sections.
THe roof, however, is not that good - no imagination. And I'm not sure how well the base relates to the tower..

[Bobdreamz]

wow...even 800 ft. buildings are barely making it into the top 100!
we went from #89 to #95!!

[D-Mac]

Yup, after we updated the top 100 list we found that the skyscrapers.com list was missing quite a few buildings, even though those buildings were still in their database. All of the missing ones are in Chinese cities, unsurprisingly. It won't be long before this one is bumped off the top 100 by buildings nearly complete, most of which are in... you guessed it, China!


As for the Four Seasons, it's decent, nice façade, good proportions, but nothing extraordinary. 7.0/10

[Westin Peachtree]

Originally posted by museumb
Certainly dominates its part of the skyline.

Skyline? What skyline? :?
The tower looks odd in Miami. Miami doesn't really have any tall buildings and they set this one in the middle of nothing. It looks out of place standing up so high by itself. But you've gotta start sometime eh? The Westin looked out of place in Atlanta when it got built, but downtown filled in and it's fine now.
I give ups to Miami for being bold and starting to build up finally. The tower looks awesome! I don't like boxes one bit, but this is different! It is a glass box! A very slim, TALL glass box! Yummy!

The Four Seasons Hotel & Tower gets a 10 outta 10! There is nothing bad I can say about this building, it's all perfect!

[De Snor]

Slender shiny tower , I like it

[CG5]

Kinda mediocre...but it's not bad. E for Effort.

6.5/10

[Pablo]

4/10
not that good

[parody24]

7/10
It's a bit too boxy for me, but the blue reflective glass is
pleasant to see. Very glad it's causing the Miami skyline to
rise and expand.

[Wu-Gambino]

8/10

[SeeMacau]

7/10
It looks OK with the skyline

[The Messiah]

The glass facade does really good on this tower
but for the rest there is nothing special.7.0/10

[Bobdreamz]

just to update the thread here is the latest picture of the Four Seasons from the side....as you can see it's still under construction as a few strips of windows still have to be installed.


http://images2.fotki.com/v18/photos/4/49153/200650/MiamiPics081-or.jpg


what do you guys think?

[Oaronuviss]

Hmm, it's actually quite nice, I'm not familiar with this building.

Nice. 7.5

[Evergrey]

6 It's good for Miami... which has a very weak skyline... but it's ultimately pretty average... and it looks like it has some strange handle on the top

[airsickpenthousedweller]

Design is kinda "oceanic". Looks like a takeaway building too, with this roof.

[jonathan]

I like my city's new tallest. Still think the Wachovia Financial Center is Miami's iconic scraper though

[Bobdreamz]

jonathan I would have to agree with you to a certain extent...the Wachovia is Miami's symbolic skyscraper but I would add the Espirito Santos Plaza as Miami's newest iconic skyscraper as well....the Four Seasons is imposing with it's height & slimness but doesn't overwhelm the streetscape like most buildings of it's size normally do....here's another pic I took from Brickell Avenue with the end of the Metromover Financial district line....

http://images2.fotki.com/v18/photos/4/49153/200650/MiamiPics071-or.jpg

the view looking north towards the CBD and the Port of Miami from the 64th. floor @ 794ft./242m.....

http://www.goldcoast-fapa.com/downtown_copy.jpg

an incredible southern view looking down on Brickell Avenue skyscrapers and Biscayne Bay...

http://www.goldcoast-fapa.com/brickell_copy.jpg


I would love to have views like that!

[jonathan]

No way Bob! I mean don't take me wrong, I think the Espirito Santo Plaza is gorgeous, and it is a great addition to Miami, but I don't think it is Iconic; first, because of its height it doesn't "shine" in the Miami skyline, and second because the best-looking side of the building is facing towards the inside of the city instead of the bay, where the skyline is best viewed...the bad part about the facade's orientation is that the many under-construction highrises in Brickell are gonna soon block out Espirto Santo...anyways for me, Miami's icon is and will be for a long time the Wachovia Financial Center, followed closely by the Bank of America Tower at International Place

[Bobdreamz]

jonathan Espirito Santos is iconic....height isn't everything, besides it's only 13 feet or basically one floor from being a 500 footer..( I don't know why they just didn't add another floor and make it 500 feet!)...have you gone downtown and stood in front of it?....it's a truly remarkable building...as for the facade even if they did the same to the side facing the bay nobody would ever see it because there is the 37 story South Bayshore Tower highrise going up right next to it and across the street from that is the Jade at Brickell...our next 500 footer which is under construction as we speak...I think the developers were well aware that those views would be blocked from the bay anyway....I do agree that Wachovia is still Miami's signature skyscraper for now....we'll just have to wait & see what the 72 story One Miami tower is going to look like!

[TropicalSQ744]

I like the whitish glass in the rendering.. But it's kinda boxy :bash:

7.5/10

[rj2uman]

Blue water, blue sky, blue glass. MMMMM tasty. 8/10

[Imperfect Ending]

8.5

Herrrmmmmmmmm..........

[Falcaonet]

It's a box but looks splendid 8/10

[james2390]

8.5

[Ersh]

Nothing special...6.5/10. I like Espirito Santo a whole lot more.

[Wisma]

7.5 /10

Not special, too boxxy to me

[Wu-Gambino]

I have a few pics I took. I'll post them Thursday, I'm too tired.

[Wu-Gambino]

My pics
They probably won't be on for long because Cybubia will dump hotlinking.

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/513/1376DSC02504-med.JPG?6078

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/513/1376four1-med.jpg?2068

[havok100]

Nice pics. I find this building to be amazing. Yes it is not too special, but for miami it really has a striking look especially from the west.

[Hacksaw]

Nice, but not too exceptional and a bit boxy... but I like it.

8/10

[Pablo63090]

One Of Miami's Crown Jewels. Tall, Sleek And Simple.

http://www.swiv.nl/showit2.asp?id=151

[Izeklah]

7.0.

Nice shape, but a little too bland to be favorite-buildings material.

[renell]

7/10 sleek and simple. but what the hell is with those areas w/o the glass. looks like the builders run out of cash for the glass;)

[havok100]

Those are the balconies which face north, south, and east and west.

[SFtoBoise]

7.5/10

A nice, simple building. I like the top and the color.

http://www.cyburbia.org/gallery/data/513/1376DSC02504-med.JPG?6078

[AtlanticaC5]

A very nice box, 8/10

[ryanr]

I like it! Simple yet impressive...8.5/10

[Labrador]

8/10
It's quite plain, but nevertheless slim and striking, with a nice colour.
:)

[Patrick]

7 from me for this box ;)

[Orodreth]

Any building that is tall and has blue glass gets a 10/10 for me.
Very dominating on the skyline, and very sleek!

[Kommentare]

7.5/10 ! :)

[JorgeR]

Don't worry people Miami will get a taller building next year. I love this building I'll give it a 9

[ijt816]

Miami IS getting a taller building that looks amazing.. Very easily fitting an asian skyline. Kinda reminds me of LA's tallest. Anyhow, I love this beautiful.... its got a beautiful entrance too, with a modern waterfall..

[daniel_18]

Four Seasons is a very nice building. But it needed to have been a bit more creative. Wachovia is still the best 'round these parts.

1. Wachovia Financial Center
2. One Biscayne Tower
3. Four Seasons
4. Green Diamond
5. Blue Diamond
6. Bank of America

[daniel_18]

Originally posted by Westin Peachtree
Skyline? What skyline? :?
The tower looks odd in Miami. Miami doesn't really have any tall buildings and they set this one in the middle of nothing. It looks out of place standing up so high by itself. But you've gotta start sometime eh? The Westin looked out of place in Atlanta when it got built, but downtown filled in and it's fine now.
I give ups to Miami for being bold and starting to build up finally. The tower looks awesome! I don't like boxes one bit, but this is different! It is a glass box! A very slim, TALL glass box! Yummy!

The Four Seasons Hotel & Tower gets a 10 outta 10! There is nothing bad I can say about this building, it's all perfect!


What do you mean Miami doesn't have a skyline? Miami has a way better skyline than Atlanta.

[Fabio]

7/10


too boxy

[MCC]

8/10

[luis]

7.5/10 is not bad, but is a box

[manx_bkk]

6/10
Looks simple and boxy. The shape is okay.

[peterthegreat]

OK, 8/10

[Ashram]

7/10 It's a nice, modern box

[Aquarius]

I like the covered part and the colors, elegant and modern 8,5/10

[7 World Trade]

looks, good, but it doesn't look tropical, and the balconies (i think they are balconies) are real eyesores. at least it looks ok from the narrow side.

7

[yoyo22]

6.5/10

Nice, but nothing special. I like the color, and the shape and size is ok, it fits well at street level. I dont like the top, or the "extension" of it that runs to the bottom. Still, this building captures the sea without the being overly "tropical" and colorful like a lot of miami buildings.

[Jules]

Nice tower. 8.5.

[SChristopher]

Yuck...I hate that cheap look, and how long is a building like this going to last in a very hurricane prone area .... other than that it doesnt even look like a hotel to me. 5/10

[BHK24]

Great building! blue/green glass and that tall?? 10/10 for me perferct fro Miami.

[Monkey]

It's boxy and fairly ordinary, but it certainly dominates the skyline.

8/10

[Winus]

7.5

[andysimo123]

8/10

[empersouf]

Amazing tower, I like it how this tower dwarfes all towers around it:

http://www.millenniumptrs.com/miami/images/water_view2.jpg

[empersouf]

9.0

[skyperu34]

i love its all-glassed facade!!!!!!!!!!

[GetOnDaTrain]

7.5/10. IMO Miami's skyline is excellent in these parts; kicks ass out of the other Florida counterpart skyliens cause they're weak as hell. Four Seasons is a good addtion to MIA, but loses points for an uncentralized location (10 blocks south of the center of town), and for being too boxy except the glass.

[The Mad Hatter!!]

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[The Mad Hatter!!]

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[David3820]

Well it's not very pleasing up close but is very nice from a distance. 7/10

[BHK24]

I love the way it interacts with the espirito santo!

[Chibcha2k]

10/10 its huge and i love its colours, shape everything

[The Mad Hatter!!]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/fs-m_RWAAG.jpg

[Medo]

8/10 nice and tall

[The Mad Hatter!!]

thanks to miabalinboi for the pic
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/enyers/153c8641.bmp

[london-b]

Nice box with a nice facade, 8/10

[Reflex]

It's ok. 7.5/10.

[DarkFenX]

Isn't this tower supposed to be 789ft tall? I googled online and all the site I search said that it is 789ft not 794ft.

[MattSal]

Nice building, but seems kind of bland. Fits Miami perfectly though. I give it an 8.5/10. :)

[Pengui]

At first I thought the building was unfinished before I realized that the missing strips of glass are actually balconies. And what with the transition from the bottom part cladding to the top part cladding ? It is rather brutal. Also, I don't think that the icy colors really fit the location.
3.5

[Minneapolitan]

It will look dated in 10 years. Guaranteed.

6.5

[Phobos]

7.5/10

It's boring from some angles but from others are not.

[Latoso]

8.5/10

[40748246]

If I could, I would rate that an 11!!!

[Smileyface]

8.5/10

[DRAKKO]

7/10

[ROYAL BLUE]

8/10

[CborG]

8/10

[SoboleuS]

Good slim box, but nothing extraordinary ;) 7,5/10

[El_Greco]

7/10

[Xoceelias]

mm i don´t like 7/10

[jesarm]

7,5/10

[jesarm]

not bad and original building but good colour in its facade

[ChiLooper]

7/10

[mtb_nz]

It totally dominates its part of the skyline, and has a nice cool blue facade 8/10

[clarky]

8/10

[Accura4Matalan]

7.5/10

[www.sercan.de]

5,5/10

[۩SkyScraper۩]

8/10

[therock]

8/10

[Effer]

8.5/10.

[Skylandman]

7/10

[Vrysxy]

Nice pictures

[forvine]

7.5/10

[Principes]

:cheers: 7.5/10

[Sinjin P.]

7/10

[flashlight]

8/10 :)

[sharpie20]

6.5/10 It's just a box and i don't get why they have those open slits on the sides, if they were trying to make balconies don't you think they should of made them wider?

[mr_storms]

clean but a little plain 7/10

[Scruffy88]

Its a worthy successor to Wachovia as the new tallest in Florida. Great colors, i liek the slightly taper in on the upper half. Its a good tasty box.
8.10

[FROM LOS ANGELES]

The facade looks simple but really high-tech at the same time. It is truly a lovable tower. 8/10

[jimm]

7/10

[LordMarshall]

8/10

[warnings]

7/10

[MuddyZehbra32]

7/10

[Harkeb]

7.

[marpa]

4,5/10

[Skyman]

7/10

[anakin]

7,5/10

[ZZ-II]

great tower with nice facade: 9/10

[virarch]

7/10

[gutooo]

8.5/10

[Mosaic]

9/10. nice

[Cabman]

Nice clean box. 8/10

[BHK27]

This is a mixed use building, I stayed at the Hotel a couple of weeks ago. Its elegant, tall, and the views are breath taking. I give a 9 Interior wise and 8 Exterior wise. I love the glass color. Its just soo Miami.

[delmaule]

8/10

[skipperBill]

8.5/10.

[Dreamlıneя]

8/10

[kirby21]

7 / 10

[Very Controversial]

7/10, but some angles, it does not look that good

[Erebus555]

Its OK. But it jsut seems too boxy. 7/10

[weirdo]

it's got some nice features going on but they played safe and ended up with a not so interesting box. the grayish tint didn't help.

but i really like the smooth curves on one side. 8/10

[(((myx)))]

10. great.

[Chinky Orz]

6.5 bland.

[W!CKED]

7.5/10

[shctaw]

OK,

7/10

[Kelsen]

8/10 I think glass and metal skin is cool!

[Bobdreamz]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/FourseasonsMiami.jpg

http://www.kone.com/static/ImageBank/GetImage_jpg/0,,imageID=251417,00.jpg

http://www.bloggingmiami.net/images/pierre/april06/miamiSkyline1.jpg

[Henk]

7/10.

[Ralphkke]

The design isn't that special but it looks pretty good. A 8 out of 10.

[Aliya]

8/10

tall :)

[Skyman]

7/10

[LMCA1990]

8/10

[Slodi]

nice tower, looks good from the sea 8/10

[newyorkrunaway1]

9.5/10

[Astralis]

Love the design... 8.5/10

[MasonicStage™]

9,5/10 :)

[RON-E]

9/10

[VisionMIA]

found on Wikipedia
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a4/Miami-Four-Seasons-hotel.jpg

[DragonAnime]

10/10. One of the best in the USA! :D

[kon133]

8/10

[krzewi]

7/10

[incognito_rn]

great glass cladding.

[Halabalooza]

cool 8

[WAuzzie]

10/10

[Nikkodemo]

Nothing special.

7.5/10

[kevinkagy]

Beautiful and because it is my city's tallest I feel obligated to vote it high, but I really do love it. I think it's simple but extremely elegant. I also love that although it is part hotel and residential it doesn't look it, and I love that. I also love the office base. Really nice.

10/10

[myf282828]

Nice 9.0:).

[meds]

9/10

[stasiua]

Nice building. Straight, smooth. Elegant. Universal.

9/10

[Eric Offereins]

^^ I agree, 8/10

[Rutger1991]

8/10

[Kawasaki_Kragujevac]

6.5/10

[BHK0028]

I stare at that beauty everyday. 9/10. It just dominates that part of the Miami skyline.



http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/BHK0028/Picture300-1.jpg



http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii35/BHK0028/Picture313.jpg

[Fred_]

No pics anymore.