This architectural masterpiece in Bristol Tower is unmatched in design and luxury. Designed by internationally renowned interior designer, Sam Robin, this 5 bedroom, 5.5 bathroom, 5,890 sqft residence features chic and contemporary style, creating beautiful living space. Elegant and bright, this residence is surrounded by floor to ceiling glass walls, wrap around terraces, private elevator entry and an integrated smart house system that control audio/visual, lighting and draperies. Every detail has been meticulously planned and with the panoramic views of Biscayne Bay, the Atlantic Ocean and the Miami skyline, it will surely take your breath away.
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Those who are familiar with Sam Robin’s design prowess understand that she comes by it naturally, but the extent to which it is alive in her may surprise even those who are close to her. “If I was your babysitter when I was young, you’d come home and the entire house would be redecorated!” she recalls. “I was the only babysitter in Chicago who would have the kids saying, ‘Can we go to bed now?’ in order to avoid moving furniture!”
Those guerilla tactics have gone by the wayside, but Robin’s current clients enjoy the same rapt attention she gave those early impulses, and the designer credits her father for at least some of her exuberance. “My dad was actually a frustrated designer,” she explains. “He was a glazer, and he owned a company that outfitted homes with shower and tub enclosures, and patio doors, which he brought in from Los Angeles.”
As a girl, Robin accompanied her father when he visited clients on the weekends, soaking in the luxury of the homes they entered. “One lady, who had a four-story penthouse on Lakeshore Drive, had the entire staircase glassed in so she could have an aviary for her birds,” she remarks. “I had access to some outrageously fabulous homes back then, and Chicago was such an inspiring city architecturally.”
In fact, architecture, design and art saturated her life. She attended the Art Institute of Chicago where she studied painting. “When I was attending the art institute, I was hired to catalog Buddy [Robert B.] Mayer’s art collection,” she recalls. “He had an entire wing for Ming Dynasty artifacts, and there were Picassos hanging in his bathroom and Lichtenstein’s everywhere!”
All of this stimuli coalesced to inform her design process as she matured, and she opened her eponymous Sam Robin Interior Design in Chicago in 1972. Robin came to Miami in 1979 when she was hired to design the interior of a 707 aircraft. “I came here for a month and a half, and a year and a half later, we were still designing the project,” she remarks. “Since I left Chicago in February during an ice storm, there was something about Miami that enticed me to stay—namely the weather!”
After designing aircraft interiors for a string of well known clients, including Sheik Mohammed of Dubai, and Harry and Leona Helmsley, she was tapped by Don Johnson, who was filming the television series Miami Vice at the time, to design his office and residence in Miami, and his Aspen and Beverly Hills residences (with wife Melanie Griffith).
“Designing Johnson’s homes was a big break for me because I wanted to return to residential design,” says Robin. “That said; I still consider designing the aircraft interiors to be my most transformative experience.”
Robin, who has been featured on HGTV, continues to design residential projects as well as some choice commercial spaces, such as the Astor Hotel in South Beach and 900 Biscayne Bay. In 1996, she launched her own furniture line, Sirio, which she produces with Italian furniture designer Francesco Caracciolo di Marano. They debuted the Margutta Collection in her Champagne Lounge at Casa Decor ’06. Sam is also a Condo Whisperer, making magic even in these tough times in the condo market.
Though Robin draws her inspiration from an incredible bank of knowledge, including an immense catalog of photos she’s taken of things that have inspired her through the years, and extensive travels (she confesses to a love affair with Italy), she is glad to call Miami home. “I’ve had the opportunity to grow here,” she says, “and to watch Miami become an international city.”
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