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Miami Beach is the city that lies east of Miami and is separated from Miami
and the mainland by Biscayne Bay. It has some 89,000 inhabitants.
The very first home on Miami Beach was built in 1886, while in 1915 the City of Miami Beach was founded.
Slowly the city has grown to what it is today, one that is mostly famous for its beaches.
Those beaches and the fine Floridian weather attract many visitors each year from all around the world.
In the past few years, Miami Beach has become home to quite a few (residential) high-rises as well.
Many more are being planned and will be built in Miami Beach in the near future.




Above: Blue and Green Diamond (170m/559f, 44 stories, 2000),
currently the two tallest buildings in Miami Beach.
Like nearly all high-rises in Miami Beach these buildings are residential.


Above: Portofino Tower (148m/484f, 44 stories, 1997).


Above left: Akoya Condominiums (150m/492f, 47 stories, 2004),
with in front of the picture La Gorce Palace (105m/345f, 34 stories, 1996).
Above middle left: Akoya Continuum on South Beach Phase I (143m/471f, 40 stories, 2002).
Above middle right and right: Icon at South Beach (129m/423f, 42 stories, 2004).


Above left: two pictures of Murano Grande at Portofino (124m/407f, 37 stories, 2003).
Above right: and two of Murano Grand at Portofino (123m/402f, 37 stories, 2001).


Above: Foutainebleau II (no height available, 36 stories, 2005).


Above left: The Setai Hotel and Residences (118m/386f, 38 stories, 2004).
Above middle right: The Waverly at South Beach (109m/358f, 36 stories, 2001).
Above right: The Yacht Club at Portofino (104m/341f, 33 stories, 1999).


Above left: The Floridian (103m/337f, 33 stories, 1997).
Above middle left: Bentley Bay North Tower (79m/259f, 26 stories, 2005).
Above middle right: Bentley Bay South Tower (74m/243f, 24 stories, 2005).
Above right: Flamingo Resort Residences III (103m/338f, 32 stories, 2001),
seen from Washington Avenue.


Above: The Yacht Club at Portofino, The Portofino Tower and Muraono at Portofino
caught in one shot, taken from MacArthur Causeway.


For more buildings from the Greater Miami area, check out Miami


Miami Beach's 10 tallest skyscrapers:
1. BLUE DIAMOND 170m/559f, 44 stories, 2000
2. GREEN DIAMOND 170m/559f, 44 stories, 2000
3. AKOYA CONDOMINIUMS 150m/492f, 47 stories, 2004
4. PORTOFINO TOWER 148m/484f, 44 stories, 1997
5. CONTINUUM ON SOUTH BEACH 143m/471f, 40 stories, 2002
6. ICON AT SOUTH BEACH 129m/423f, 42 stories, 2004
7. MURANO GRANDE AT PORTOFINO 124m/407f, 37 stories, 2003
8. MURANO AT PORTOFINO 123m/402f, 37 stories, 2001
9. THE SETAI HOTEL AND RESIDENCES 118m/386f, 38 stories, 2004
10. FOUNTAINEBLEAU II ?m/?f, 36 stories, 2005


The building data, the top 10 of tallest buildings and some of the building information
are courtesy of EMPORIS.COM,
One of the world's leading architectural resources on tall buildings on the Internet

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