- Two 31-story towers which sit atop an eight-story podium and recreation deck
- DeSimone developed an innovative structural solution to address the openings through the shear walls by designing 18 in deep structural steel coupling beams
- Project measures 900,000 sf
- Boutique hotel and residential apartments
- Hotel portion is a 30-key hotel with four 2-story guest room buildings
- Main building contains a reception area, restaurants, ballroom, kitchen, back of house, and loading dock
- 8,000 sf spa and fitness center between the buildings with a connecting roof structure
- The total area of these buildings is 35,000 gsf
- An eight-story (plus rooftop terraces) residential building
- Features a mix of 26 residential units in this building with a total gross area including balconies and roofs of approximately 259,000 sf
- Balconies facing the marina scale as a 18-foot cantilever from the column centerline
- Facade is articulated with flattened ovals whose ends create a privacy barrier with the adjacent unit
- Depression formed at the abutment of two flattened ovals provides space for a private pool
- An eight-story (plus rooftop terraces) residential building
- Features a mix of 26 residential units with a total gross area including balconies and roofs of approximately 204,000 sf
- Two to four residences per floor
- Balconies facing the marina scale as a 19 ft cantilever
- A one-story recording studio in the heart of the exclusive Albany Marina Residences community
- Building diameter is approximately 98 feet
- An undulating, tiered facade is reminiscent of both the ocean and an audio waveform
- Serrated edge segments of the building envelope translate into a vertical mullion in the perimeter glazing system
- Project consists of multiple buildings located on a sloped terrain, consisting of approximately five different types of two-story residential units with private swimming pools, an arrival pavilion with heavy timber framing, a three-story resort core building, tree-house treatment rooms, a pool bar, prefabricated buildings and two types of garage buildings
- Buildings are supported on spread footings
- A variety of structural framing systems were implemented: steel, concrete and wood materials are used to achieve the architectural design and use of the buildings
- Expansion of the 5-star Half Moon Resort in Jamaica
- Twelve different types of low-rise structures comprise a total of 11,137 sf of amenity and hospitality areas
- Due to the project’s location in a high seismic and hurricane zone, selected lateral systems are comprised of timber and steel frames combined with cast-in-place walls
- Project consists of an eight-story residential building at the Albany Resort on the southwest shore of New Providence Island in The Bahamas
- A prominent feature of the building is deep balconies with pools on the south side overlooking the marina and a recording studio
- Ground level is a ground supported slab similar to the Honeycomb Residences
- Two rooftop terraces
- Building is supported on auger-cast piles
Awards
- Concrete Industry Board (CIB) – Award of Merit – Out of Area
- Two sites on the island were developed: the marina and a site further north on the east shore
- The Yacht Club serves as the main house overlooking the marina, featuring guest services and a restaurant
- Guests accommodations’ include pre-fabricated timber villas ranging from two to four bedrooms with a view of the Exuma Islands
- All structures are being designed to Miami-Dade County standards for hurricane resistance
- An ten-story residential building
- Features deep balconies with pools overlooking the marina
- There are a mix of units in this building including 2 ground level villas, 5 two-story duplex units, 10 single-floor units, 2 grand units, an east and west penthouse, and finally a sky villa for an approximate total of 170,000 gsf
- There is a rooftop terrace for the sky villa and a full-size pool on the roof
- There is a large trapezoidal-shaped “breezeway” spanning across a utility easement
- The span is 50 ft perpendicular to the end supports and 100 ft across the front face of the building
Photographs courtesy of OOAK Architects.
- A 397,000 sf hotel/spa/casino on an eight-acre oceanfront property in Isla Verde
- Consists of two separate structures: a five-story, 900-car parking garage, and a ten-story tower, which contains 400 guest rooms, a 24,000 sf conference center, a 12,000 sf spa, four restaurants, as well as the casino_s 20,000 sf gaming facilities
- An efficient shallow foundation system was used on this project
- Consists of two, 6-story reinforced flat-plate concrete buildings
- The seismic lateral system consists of cast-in-place shear walls in the short direction and moment frames in the long direction, with reinforced masonry used for the exterior walls
- Parking is provided below the occupied levels on a grade-supported slab
- Also includes a timber frame one-story restaurant and reception building, which was constructed above the cast-in-place cistern structure
- The two buildings overlook their own landscaped pool areas and the beach
- The expansion elevates the famous Ocean Club to five-star standards
- 50 new guestrooms contained in five two-story buildings are built overlooking the Northwest Providence Channel
- Cast-in-place framing supports the light gage metal-framed roofs
- A new 10,000 sf arrival building adjoins the complex’s existing guestroom building
- Auger cast piles support a cast-in-place floor system
- The superstructure utilizes steel and rough timber framing
- Masonry bearing walls supporting structural steel and light gage metal joists provide the infill structure
- A new Ocean Bar & Grill structure straddles the oceanfront sand dune
- The expansion also includes: a new tennis center, health club, pool pavilions, as well as a new 30,000 sf Golf Clubhouse
- Provides 1,600 guestrooms
- Three distinct hotel buildings are on the site
- Two buildings are renovated and one is demolished and replaced with a new 700-room, serpentine shaped guestroom building
- A signature arrival building of approximately fifty-thousand square feet welcomes guests to the hotel complex
- Reef Village is the product of a renovation and alteration of the old Grand Bahama Beach Hotel
- The old Lucayan Beach Hotel is now the convention center hotel with the existing casino converted into ballroom space
- Numerous site buildings and structures are provided including four site restaurants and bars, a 40-foot tall sugar mill with a giant spiral water slide
- Also provided is an elevated aqueduct, a complex shaped building designed to entertain children, a central services building, landscape maintenance and security buildings
- Located on a private beach in Anguilla
- A new 435,000 sf luxury resort and residential community containing a hotel, condominiums, private villas, a spa, and back-of-house facilities
- The hotel is a four-story 152,000 sf structure containing 76 units
- The condominium building creates 35 units in 43,000 sf of space
- Contains beach front residences, villas and townhouses
- Also included are restaurants, lounges, spa amenities, meeting rooms, a fitness center, and beach pavilions
- The structures utilizes concrete slabs, CMU walls, and concrete roofs, and is designed to be hurricane resistant
- DeSimone has been involved in all three phases of the Atlantis project
- Phase I involves a $125 million design and upgrade to the resort’s existing support structures
- Phase II expansion adds a new 50,000 sf casino and a 24-story, 1200-room hotel
- The hotel component is the tallest structure in the Caribbean
- The expansion adds another three-million-gallon open-air aquarium to the resort grounds
- Combined with Phase I, the outdoor aquarium habitat is the largest in the world
- Phase III adds a new 600-key condo hotel, a timeshare resort Harbourside at Atlantis, and a 250,000 sf convention center featuring the largest ballroom in the Caribbean
- The project also expands the water park and added an open-air 55,000 sf Marina Village
- Awards:
NASC – Gold Award 2000 (Atlantis II)
CIB Roger H. Corbetta Awards – Award of Merit 1999 (Atlantis Resort)
- Located in Christiansted on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands
- Brings a modern cardiac treatment facility to the Governor Juan F. Luis Hospital and Medical Center
- Utilizes a structural steel frame combined with a lightweight Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) panelized exterior wall system to accommodate the region’s seismic Zone 4 rating
- Contains 25,000 sf of space
- A five-story, 300-room hotel
- Hotel rooms are a modular concept and feature a plug-in concept with all the wires and plumbing ready to be connected at the chases
- Roof has a pool and amenities for the hotel guests
- Located on the southwestern end of New Providence in the Bahamas
- An eight-story, 170,000 sf oceanfront residential building
- Adds to the existing Albany Marina Residences
- Includes a lobby, 14,000 sf parking, and 8,000 sf retail on the first floor
Awards
- Concrete Industry Board (CIB) Awards – Award of Merit, Out of Area
- Engineering News Record (ENR) Global Best Project Awards – Award of Merit