Touzet Studio is one of the small number of Miami architecture practices whose work is genuinely rooted in the region. Founded by Carlos Prio-Touzet and Jacqueline Gonzalez-Touzet, the firm operates from Miami and builds primarily in South Florida and the Caribbean. Its language is a contemporary interpretation of coastal Modernism — a body of work that treats climate, light, and landscape as the primary drivers of form rather than as afterthoughts.
The Practice
Touzet Studio's work spans residential, cultural, hospitality, and civic projects. The practice is intentionally scaled to allow the principals to remain directly involved on every project — a workflow that shows up in the design coherence of finished buildings rather than in press coverage.
The firm's clients tend to be repeat, and the projects tend to be site-specific. That combination — deep involvement plus deep site response — is what distinguishes Touzet from the larger commercial-luxury studios that dominate most Miami condominium work.
Design Philosophy
The Touzet language is built on a few consistent moves. Elevated, stilt-inspired bases lift habitable space off the ground plane and open the site to landscape and airflow. Deep porches and generous overhangs extend interior space outward and manage light and heat. Materials — coral stone, hardwoods, plaster, weathered metals — are chosen to age well in a marine environment.
The result is a body of work that reads as regionally specific. A Touzet building in Coconut Grove looks like Coconut Grove. A Touzet building on Key Biscayne looks like Key Biscayne. That is a deliberate choice and it is the single most important reason the firm was selected for 301 Ocean Drive.
Stiltsville and the Key Biscayne Vernacular
Stiltsville — the collection of houses built on stilts over the shallow flats south of Key Biscayne — is one of the region's most recognizable architectural references. The stilt-house language is not decorative; it is a functional response to a shallow water site, allowing the ground plane to remain porous while the habitable space sits above.
At 301 Ocean Drive, that language shows up in the way the building meets its site. Rather than presenting a solid podium to the ocean, the base of the building is opened, elevated, and integrated with landscape. Cars and services disappear. The ground plane reads as garden, not as garage.
What Buyers Can Expect Architecturally
Buyers walking a completed Touzet-designed residence at 301 Ocean Drive should expect several things to feel different from a typical Miami luxury condominium. Interior rooms feel connected to their outdoor rooms rather than separated by a sliding-door threshold. Ceiling heights and window sizes are calibrated to the depth of the plan. Materials are consistent, warm, and detailed to age.
The overall impression is closer to a coastal house than to a tower. That is the point. On Key Biscayne, buyers coming out of single-family estate homes are the target buyer, and the architecture has been designed to match their expectations for how a real house lives.
Working With Raymond Jungles
The Touzet team is designing 301 Ocean Drive in close collaboration with Raymond Jungles, the landscape architect responsible for many of Miami's most recognizable tropical landscapes. The two disciplines are integrated rather than sequential — landscape drives the ground plane and shapes how the building meets the beach.
For buyers, that collaboration is the reason the project reads as a single, coherent piece of coastal architecture rather than as a tower with landscape applied afterward.
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Who is Touzet Studio?
Touzet Studio is a Miami-based architecture practice founded by Carlos Prio-Touzet and Jacqueline Gonzalez-Touzet. The firm is known for a regional Modernist language rooted in Miami's coastal vernacular and its relationship to landscape, climate, and light.
What is Touzet's design philosophy?
Touzet's work is a contemporary interpretation of South Florida coastal Modernism — indoor-outdoor living, generous overhangs, deep porches, materials that age well in a marine environment, and a careful integration with tropical landscape.
What other projects has Touzet Studio completed?
Touzet's portfolio includes cultural, hospitality, and residential work across Miami and the broader region, with a focus on projects that respond specifically to their coastal or subtropical site conditions rather than importing a generic luxury vocabulary.
How does Touzet's language apply to 301 Ocean Drive?
At 301 Ocean Drive, Touzet's approach shows up in the building's stilt-inspired base, deep outdoor rooms, careful shading, and the integration with Raymond Jungles' landscape. The building reads as a piece of Key Biscayne rather than as a generic luxury tower.