The private residence is 3,000 square feet but feels much bigger, due to its connection with the outdoors. Centered around a wide, open breezeway, which can be closed off with sliding, impact-resistant doors that open on the east and west sides framing views of the ocean greenery and sky, the house offers simultaneous flexibility and simplicity.

A nod to nature isn't the only thing making this home eco-friendly. All the materials selected for House on a Dune were chosen for their environmental sensitivity like recycled cedar, reused Ipe, concrete blocks, and milk paint, a non-toxic, zero-VOC paint made from all-natural materials.

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Haute Living hosted Real Estate Summit Miami 2013, successfully bringing all the biggest names in Miami real estate together under one roof. The lux event took place in the ballroom of the W South Beach and brought out star developers and brokers for interactive round-table discussions before an audience of ticketed attendees who were treated to breakfast and lunch. Expert lobbyist and strategist Seth Gordon posed questions to mega-developers Edgardo Defortuna, David Martin, Don Peebles, Ugo Colombo, Gil Dezer and Carlos Rosso, who gave their take on Miami’s red-hot real estate market.

David Martin, Edgardo Defortuna, Gil Dezer, Ugo Colombo, R. Donahue Peebles and Carlos Rosso

One subject on everybody's mind? The influx of celebrity-architect designed new buildings. Edgardo Defortuna, famous for the Jade buildings, explained, “It’s not about how much money I’m going to get because I’m hiring Herzog and de Meuron, it’s about the experience of the buyer when they live there. I don’t think we have yet lived that. When those buildings are completed people are going to realize how different it is to use great firms with great minds.”

“The market has matured," added David Martin whose firm Terra Group is working on unique property Grove at Grand Bay with Bjarke Ingels. "Now everybody has different “starchitects” and designers and now we’re seeing unique properties where we almost can’t compare one to another and that’s making it an interesting market. Now the buyers really have a lot to look at, a lot to learn and a lot to study before they buy.”

Don Peebles, who is committing to new projects in Miami, emphasized the need to bring talent and finance corporations from New York, while surprising topics were discussed such as improving the cities green space, public transportation and even required parking specs per unit. “The parking of 500 Brickell is 8 stories high,” said Carlos Rosso. “This is real estate that has been given away to the car. The city doesn’t make a dime in taxes and we have to build it. It’s not the best approach. I think it’s going to be more about car storage than parking.” To which Gil Dezer, developer of the ground-breaking Porsche Design Tower commented, “If everybody just parked in their apartment, we wouldn’t have this problem,” making the room erupt with laughter.

Jorge Perez and Kamal Hotchandani

Haute Living Publisher and CEO Kamal Hotchandani flew in from New York to present Jorge Perez of The Related Group with the magazine's first Tony Goldman Lifetime Visionary Award. Perez pointed out that Goldman was a dear friend and that he was honored to accept an award bearing his name. He also had some words of wisdom for the developers, brokers and realtors in the room, "We are in the throws of another great upturn. Florida has been known for great booms and busts and we need to moderate that. How do we not get so enthusiastic again and then three years from now think, 'Why did I do this?' and [have to] reach for the Alka-Seltzer."

Haute Magazine Real Estate Summit at the W Hotel South Beach

After a sumptuous lunch with the attendees, brokers and developers, the room reconvened for a quick presentation of Beach House 8 by Daniella Bonetti and then the broker’s panel. It was comprised of big name Miami brokers Oliver Ruiz, of Engel Völkers, Jill Eber and Jill Hertzberg of The Jills, Diane Lieberman of SBI, Alicia Cervera of Cervera Realty, Dora Puig of PuigWerner Craig Studnicky of ISG and Jorge Uribe of Sotheby's International Realty. On the docket? Hot tips on undervalued areas like the Bay Harbour Islands, Marketing Miami, how to improve appraisals and justify new pricing. “Things are lending a more ethical way and that allows them to go into a building and know it’s not all speculators and pay those dollars because they feel that it’s warranted. You have to give them the knowledge to understand why they are paying a premium over the last five comps,” explained Jill Eber during the discussion.  Each panelist received a private day charter on Ferretti Yacht from sponsor Ferretti Group.

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The entire estate recently been remodeled and restored by Venezuelan architect and developer Luis Pons. For the most part it is now an airy, white-washed beauty, but a few details make it gangster-worthy. The enormous 30×60′ pool was built to upstage the famous pool at the Biltmore Hotel, where Capone also spent a lot of time, and there is an original 1920′s Art Deco bathroom easy to imagine the notorious gangster in. There is a beautiful, camera-ready spiral stair case and a totally restored pool house to match the largesse of the pool. Before The Jills real estate team sold the home for $7.4 million, Capone’s grand niece toured the property where she learned to swim.

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Located on the North end of Palm Beach, the waterfront mansion includes an outdoor swimming pool, lounge area under stone columns, structured gardens and expansive grounds surrounded by a high wall. It is one of the highest-valued residential properties in an area of Palm Beach where other notable past residents have included John Lennon, Michael Jackson and the Kennedys.

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Construction on The Bond will begin in August and feature two pools, a fitness center and spa, 24-hour valet parking, a 595-space garage, a children’s area, business center and a 5,000 square-foot restaurant in the lobby.  Ojeda is working on the condominium with architect Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates and Miami-based Coastal Construction. “I’m looking for a very urban, New York/London feel. Not flashy, but solid, sound elegance,” said Ojeda.

Units will start at $300,000 for a studio and go over $1 million for larger units which go up to three bedrooms. The Bond is located in Brickell placed between Brickell Avenue and South Miami Avenue, next to the Related Groups up-and-coming 1100 Millecento and the Capital at Brickell.

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The San Souci mansion is 16,500 square-feet, has 8 bathrooms, 11 full baths, 3 half baths, 340 feet of waterfront, a full library and a basement that can hold up to ten vehicles. The luxurious estate also features a sun deck, a living room with a surround sound system for an eighty-inch television, a second-floor massage room, a billiard room with seventy-inch televisions and a bar and lounge area.

When enjoying the Florida weather by the pool with underwater speakers, a Jacuzzi and LED lighting, you also get an incredible view of Bal Harbour, Miami Beach, downtown Miami and Indian Creek Island.

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Jordan reportedly spent close to $13 million on the mansion- $7.6 million on construction and $4.8 million on just the land located on the exclusive golf course. It also cost up to $350,000 to become a private member of The Bear’s Club

The non-waterfront home includes 18 separate roofs, 11 bedrooms, a full-size basketball court with an athletic wing, a luxurious pool, a two-story guardhouse, a media room intended for smoking cigars, and a giant home theater.

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