Waldorf Astoria Residences, St. Petersburg
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Location
St. Petersburg, Florida
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Owner
Property Markets Group
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Architect
CUBE 3
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Landscape Architect
Sieger Suarez Architects
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Photographer
Seamus Payne
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Lighting Consultant
Sean O’Connor Lighting
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Team Members
Anne Wilkinson, NCIDQ, LEED, Amaza Lam, Erin Altman, NCIDQ
Magnificent Curiosity
The design began with two discoveries. The first was St. Petersburg’s history as a city shaped by innovation and reinvention. The second emerged during an early visit to the Salvador Dalí Museum, where the surrealist artist’s exploration of perception, scale, and transformation offered an unexpected conceptual framework.
Rather than referencing Dalí literally, the interiors interpret his ideas through sculptural forms, layered materials, botanical abstractions, and carefully composed moments of surprise. Curved geometries soften the building’s modern architecture, while a restrained material palette allows unexpected element — a carved stone, a luminous installation, or a distinctive artwork — to become memorable moments throughout the residential experience.
A Residence of Imagination
Throughout the project, everyday circulation becomes part of the design experience. Arrival, Peacock Alley, amenity spaces, and residential corridors are conceived as a sequence of discoveries rather than simply places to pass through. Sculptural lighting, contemporary interpretations of Waldorf Astoria traditions, curated artwork, and subtle references to St. Petersburg’s coastal landscape encourage residents to continually notice something new.
The waterfront setting also informed the design in practical ways. In collaboration with the landscape architect, the team transformed structural and environmental constraints into opportunities — integrating planting directly into the architecture to create a lush “garden in the sky” while responding to Florida’s hurricane conditions.
These solutions reinforce BAMO’s belief that thoughtful design is shaped as much by context as by imagination.
