Living Well

Luxury Magazine ran a feature on the wave of wellness amenities crashing over the luxury real estate market, and the holistic approach that Missoni and OKO Group are taking with the amenities at Missoni Baia is the highlight. The first branded residence from the renowned Italian fashion house will feature 249 Edgewater Miami condos as well as resort-worthy amenities that are all decked out in the signature Missoni style and inflected by OKO Group CEO Vladislav Doronin’s experience running the worldwide Aman chain. Residents will enjoy access to four pools, an elevated tennis court, a fully equipped spa with steam rooms and sauna, and a private yoga studio, all just feet away from beautiful Biscayne Bay.

Miami Real Estate on the Rise

As a wave of infrastructure improvements washed over Miami in the past few years, international developer OKO Group invested in a pair of projects on the shores of Biscayne Bay that are poised to elevate beachfront living to new heights. The first of these towers to be completed will be the Missoni Baia, which was recently featured in a spread in Excellence Magazine. This collection of Edgewater condos will stand 57 stories tall and contain 249 luxury waterfront condos when complete in 2021. The building is being designed by Hani Rashid of Asymptote Architecture and features interiors by Paris Forino, as well as elements from the Missoni Home collection and other Missoni-inspired touches like stripes of color along the bottom of one of the development’s many pools.

Missoni Baia, Status Magazine

Status Magazine, a publication that covers the luxury market, recently featured a construction update for Missoni Baia, the first residence by the iconic Italian brand Missoni and its Missoni Home collection. When complete, this high-rise from Vladislav Doronin’s OKO Group and the eponymous design house will stand 57 stories tall and contain 249 luxury Edgewater Miami condos, each of which will feature a private balcony with a panoramic view of Biscayne Bay. In addition to a suite of resort-caliber amenities, Missoni Baia features neutral-tone interior design by New York’s Paris Forino, which creates the perfect backdrop for the pops of color provided by items from the Missoni Home collection.

BLOG: Paris Forino Spotlight

Australian-born interior design maven Paris Forino sat down for a coffee-infused morning interview with the team at Missoni Baia. Forino revealed that it was during a gap year in Europe, following some time as a ballet dancer, that she “fell in love with design and beautiful spaces.” She later studied design in Sydney before settling in New York City and making her mark.

Missoni Baia is Forino’s first project in Miami, and the largest her firm has taken on since opening in 2012. With Missoni Baia — an amazing project, according to Forino — she aimed to capture the sunny and optimistic vibe of Miami in the interiors by using light and reflective materials to create serene and warm atmospheres.

She expounded further on the distinct and singular Miami aesthetic, which is an extension of a host of brimming local arts and cultural scenes combined with strong influences from Latin America. Forino focused on health and wellness when it came to the building’s common spaces, crafting refined, open areas that exude a sense of both vibrancy and tranquility.

Forino also discussed the role of the design house Missoni in the project, calling the company an “amazing inspiration” and explaining how brilliant furniture and fabrics from Missoni would populate and color the spaces. She compared Missoni Baia’s Edgewater neighborhood to the Hudson Yards project in Manhattan, saying that Edgewater, much like the ambitious new Chelsea development, is primed to be the next big thing.

During this discussion, Forino’s spirited enthusiasm for the Missoni Baia project was evident. It’s a world-class project by a world-class designer.