Mandarin Oriental Residences

Boston architecture studio Safdie Architects has released images of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower in West Palm Beach, with a sculptural shape that expands as it increases in height.

Located at 5400 North Flagler Drive, the skyscraper will contain 87 units spanning 31 storeys and be the first stand-alone residential tower in South Florida by the Mandarin Oriental luxury hotel brand.

Developer Great Gulf, interior design studio Studio Munge and landscape architect ENEA Landscape Architecture are also on the project.

Renders of the Mandarin Oriental Residences tower show "four slender volumes that gently taper outward as they rise", according to the team, as well as a multi-storey base that splays out around the bottom.

"This balance – between softness and order, nature and geometry – defines the character of the building," said Safdie Architects. "It is sculptural without being indulgent, expressive without excess."

The building will contain four residential units per floor, and its shape was designed so that every unit would function as a corner residence.