Architect Rene Gonzalez has built his reputation designing environmentally-responsive buildings, creating some of Miami’s most distinctive and future-proof residences since founding his award-winning eponymous practice in 1997.

The Miami native understands better than most the challenges facing South Florida, and his upcoming project Surf Row Residencies harnesses his experience building on the shorefront while expressing a site-specific architectural language for the uptown beach community, Surfside.

The Surf Row Residences is a development of eight bespoke beachfront homes spearheaded by the Linéaire Group in partnership with ONE Sotheby’s International and designed by Gonzalez. The oceanfront community puts a contemporary twist on the brownstone tradition in its airy constellation of two and three-storey properties, which range from 3,500-5,600 sq ft.