Colombian-Ecuadorian filmmaker Alejandro Landes is asking $50 million for a turnkey glass mansion overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami, which he designed himself and filled with bespoke furniture.
Trying his hand at design for the first time, Mr. Landes helped create the seven-bedroom, eight-bathroom mansion with waterfront views from nearly every room. Specially-made 6-foot-wide windows, for example, line a dramatic double-height living room that overlooks the bay and part of downtown Miami.
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"It looks like it’s floating on the water," said Pablo Alfaro of Douglas Elliman, who is listing the property.
Construction on the home, which Mr. Landes calls "Casa Bahia," (meaning "house on the bay") finished last year. The 13,483-square-foot house occupies a 41,125-square-foot lot in the gated Camp Biscayne community in the city’s Coconut Grove area, and includes perks like a wine cellar, 73-foot pool and a two-bedroom guesthouse.
Mr. Landes is best known for directing the drama "Porfirio," which premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. He worked with local architect Jerry Gavcovich and his own mother, Catalina Echavarría, to design the modernist home and its minimalist interior.
"It’s a mother-and-son team. This is his first project. He grew up in a house with very visual people," Mr. Alfaro said. Because Mr. Landes does not design for a living, "this is not a typical house," he added.
The mother-son duo have called the style of the home "tropical modernism," Mr. Alfaro said.
It sits on a heavy concrete slab raised one story off of the ground level, a Miami requirement for homes built on the water to avoid the kind of flooding Hurricane Matthew was threatening just last week. Rather than leave the foundation wasted space, however, Mr. Landes and his mother installed a reflecting pool and shaded, garden-like lounge area on the open ground level.
On the first floor, the concrete base creates a continuous balcony that wraps around the building’s bay-facing side.
The Miami home comes fully furnished thanks thanks to Ms. Echavarría, who led the interior design, said Mr. Alfaro. She designed original furniture to complement the open floor plan and its natural surroundings.
"They put a lot of care into it," Mr. Alfaro said. "She designed every piece of furniture, the fabrics were hand washed and each piece of wood was selected to be part of the furniture."
The filmmaker also gave a nod to his primary occupation by building an entertainment theater room with surround sound in the neighboring guesthouse.