The Residences at 1428 Brickell
By Interior architecture by ACPV Architects (Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel, Milan); exterior/tower architecture by Arquitectonica; developed by Ytech (CEO Yamal Yidios); solar energy consulting by Cosentini Associates
Rendering: The Boundary, for developer Ytech.
- Location
- Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, USA
- Date
- Under construction (2025–2026); reported completion 2026
- Technology
- 500 photovoltaic-integrated windows on the tower's west-facing facade, described by the developer as a "Solar Backbone" covering approximately 20,000 square feet (roughly 1,850 m²) of glazing. The specific photovoltaic technology (thin-film, crystalline, or another approach) and the glazing manufacturer are not named in any source reviewed — a genuine gap in the public project information.
Marketed as the world's first luxury high-rise residential tower — and, in some coverage, the world's first solar-powered residential high-rise — to integrate photovoltaic glazing directly into its facade rather than relying solely on rooftop panels, on the premise that laminating the cells into the glass itself lets their functional lifespan match that of the window.
Actual PerformanceUnverified. The developer's own materials describe the system as "capable of producing up to 170,000 kilowatts, or 170 megawatts, of clean energy per year" — confusing power (kilowatts/megawatts, a rate) with energy (kilowatt-hours, an amount over time) — and cite this as equivalent to offsetting 915 average U.S. homes. Independent coverage (New Atlas), working from the same base figures, calculates roughly 170 megawatt-hours per year — equivalent to only about 6 average U.S. homes, a discrepancy of more than two orders of magnitude from the developer's own claim. As of this entry, the site still carries the unresolved 915-homes figure. This publication was not able to independently verify an annual energy output for this building.