One Thousand Museum

One Thousand Museum
March 2019
One Thousand Museum is located in Florida
One Thousand Museum
Location within Florida
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeResidential
Location1000 Biscayne Boulevard, Miami, Florida, United States
Coordinates25°47′03″N 80°11′24″W / 25.7841°N 80.1900°W / 25.7841; -80.1900
Construction started2015
Completed2019
Height
Roof707 ft (215 m)
Technical details
Floor count62[1]
Floor area950,000 GFA
Design and construction
Architect(s)Zaha Hadid Architects (architect_of_record = ODP Architects & Interior Design)
Developer1000 Biscayne Tower, LLC
Structural engineerDeSimone Consulting Engineers
Main contractorPlaza Construction

One Thousand Museum is a high-rise residential condominium in Miami, Florida, United States. The building, which is located at 1000 Biscayne Boulevard, across from Museum Park, was designed Zaha Hadid Architects.[2][3] The initial design was started by Zaha Hadid.[4] Completed in 2019, the 62-story building stands at a height of 707 feet (215 m), making it one of the tallest buildings in Miami.[2]

The deep foundation required drilling to record depths of over 170 feet (52 m) by HJ Foundation, part of the Keller Group.[5] The depths of two auger-cast piles broke a record for Miami-Dade County that had recently been set by HJ Foundation at the Porsche Design Tower in Sunny Isles Beach.[5]

The exotic design of the building features a curving exoskeleton partially obscuring the balconies[6] that also serves structural purposes, allowing the interior space to have fewer columns.[7] To meet the architect's designs of smoothness and finish, the columns were finished with glass fiber reinforced concrete permanent form works. The effect of the design and height on wind loading is part of the reason the foundation had to be exceptionally deep.[8] The building is considered ultra-luxury, containing about 84 large units priced at about double the cost per square foot of nearby condominium towers, with amenities possibly including a rooftop helipad.[9]

In early 2018, before the building was finished, an episode of PBS' Impossible Builds featured the building, which they referred to as the "Scorpion Tower",[10] and described it as "one of the most complex skyscrapers ever to make it off the drawing board."[11]

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  2. ^ a b "One Thousand Museum Tower". Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  3. ^ Hoppe-Spiers, Janice (March 2017). "Building a masterpiece: Plaza Construction ensures one thousand museum stays on track". Construction Today. Pennsylvania, United States: General Building Contractors Association. p. 88. ISSN 1559-2650. Retrieved July 3, 2023 – via Gale General OneFile (Wikipedia Library).
  4. ^ Blatter, Lucy Cohen. "Zaha Hadid Architects' Chris Lepine Says Luxury is About Being 'Carefree and Pampered'". Retrieved August 6, 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Contractors drill to record depths for downtown condo tower". The Miami Herald. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  6. ^ "Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum: A Futuristic Skyscraper In Downtown Miami". The Huffington Post. March 18, 2013. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "Miami's Luxury Highrise, One Thousand Museum Tower, Designed by Zaha Hadid Architects". Architect. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  8. ^ "Contractors Drill To Record-Breaking Depths To Build Foundation For Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum". The Next Miami. January 29, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
  9. ^ "Luxury Housing's Latest Trend: 'Limited-Edition' Residences". Forbes. August 5, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Scorpion Tower". Impossible Builds. PBS. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  11. ^ "Drone Footage Shows Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum Tower Nearing Completion". ArchDaily. August 8, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2019.