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Icon Brickell North Tower
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The Icon Brickell North Tower from the north in 2011, viewed from the Southeast Financial Center parking garage
Icon Brickell
General information
TypeResidential
Location501 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States
Coordinates 25°46′10″N80°11′21″W / 25.769395°N 80.189292°W / 25.769395; -80.189292 Coordinates: 25°46′10″N80°11′21″W / 25.769395°N 80.189292°W / 25.769395; -80.189292
Construction started2006
Completed2008
Height
Roof586 ft (179 m)
Technical details
Floor count58
Design and construction
Architect(s) Arquitectonica
Developer Related Group
Icon Brickell South Tower
Icon Brickell South Tower from the west.JPG
The Icon Brickell South Tower
Icon Brickell
General information
TypeResidential
Location501 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States
Construction started2006
Completed2008
Height
Roof586 ft (179 m)
Technical details
Floor count58
Design and construction
Architect(s) Arquitectonica
Developer Related Group
W Miami Hotel
Viceroy Hotel & Spa Tower from Brickell Ave.JPG
Viceroy Tower from Brickell Avenue looking north
Icon Brickell
General information
TypeHotel
Location501 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, United States
Construction started2006
Completed2008
Height
Roof500 ft (150 m)
Technical details
Floor count50
Design and construction
Architect(s) Arquitectonica
Developer Related Group

The Icon Brickell complex [1] is an urban development center in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on the south side of the Miami River in Downtown's northern Brickell Financial District. The complex consists of three skyscrapers and the Icon Brickell Plaza, connecting the towers at their base. The first two towers, the Icon Brickell North Tower and Icon Brickell South Tower, are twin buildings. Each one is 586 feet (179 m) tall with 58 floors. The third phase of the complex is the W Hotel Tower, which is 500 feet (150 m) tall with 50 floors. The complex is on the east side of Brickell Avenue between Southeast 5th and 6th Streets. The architectural firm Arquitectonica worked on the project, while the design was done by Philippe Starck and John Hitchcox's design company.

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North and south twin towers

The Icon Brickell South Tower is adjacent to its twin, the Icon Brickell North Tower. They are the same height and share the same amount of floors. The North Tower is the same height as the South Tower, but is shaped differently.

W Miami

W Miami (formerly Viceroy Miami) is the third building in the Icon Brickell Complex. Like the North Tower and South Tower, W Miami was designed by Arquitectonica. Unlike the twin towers it shares the site with, W Miami is shorter and instead of simply condominiums, it also includes a hotel. W Miami is managed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. The association of condominium owners is named the Icon Brickell Condo Number Three Association.

W Miami is home to the "Whisper Lounge", a 50th floor rooftop lounge that boasts a swimming pool and panoramic view of downtown Miami, Key Biscayne and South Miami Beach.

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