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Listing of the Day

Location: Bal Harbour, Florida
Price: $33 million

This contemporary house sits about 300 yards from Baker’s Haulover Inlet, one of only two inlets in Miami Beach where the ocean meets the bay.

If you’re a boater, you have instant access to the ocean, said listing agent Oren Alexander of Douglas Elliman. “If you’re a swimmer, you always have clear, clean water to swim in,” he said.

“It’s the best of both worlds—you’re in a tropical oasis yet within an urban environment,” Mr. Alexander said.

A modern home set to become a Miami property landmark, 252 Bal Bay Dr was completed in 2016 and designed by award-winning architect Chad Oppenheimer to offer seamless indoor-outdoor living.

Playing into the senses of Chad Oppenheim and Shlomy Alexander’s Modernity

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build. – Tadao Ando

With Miami's abundance of luxury residential developments and proximity to both the bay and ocean, it's no revelation to see so many active homes for sale with jaw-dropping price tags.

Miami has been synonymous with modernism ever since architects like Morris Lapidus and L. Murray Dixon descended upon South Beach during the art deco era. Current-day Miami is home to numerous equally talented architects, including a handful—such as Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Kobi Karp and Rene Gonzalez—whom the Magic City can proudly call homegrown.

Yet, as this stunning property suggests, few have a flair for blending modernism with monumentalism quite like Chad Oppenheim. Set in the exclusive estates section of Bal Harbour, 252 Bal Bay Drive is a new-build, eight-bedroom waterfront estate sprawling over 14,000 square feet. Along with a private dock and translucent infinity-edge pool, the home comes with a pair of indoor tropical gardens, as well as a second-floor art gallery, all for a purchase price of $36 million.