A $29.5M Miami duplex comes with interiors by the Beckhams’ designer — and a kitchen crafted by a buzzy celeb chef

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Vicky Charles, a high priestess of interior design, has worked with Hollywood power couples — from Victoria and David Beckham to Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher — and created global visions for Soho House as its former design director.

But this is the first time Charles has teamed up with a top chef — Mario Carbone, known to New Yorkers for his always-buzzy Carbone restaurant — to cook up a chef’s kitchen and a secondary prep kitchen in a $29.5 million Miami skypad. 

The 12,000-square-foot duplex comes with six bedrooms, six baths, two powder rooms and a private elevator. It also boasts 1,226 square feet of outdoor space over four terraces.

Celebuchef Mario Carbone in a model kitchen. Power Collective
Interior design guru Vicky Charles. Handout
Villa Miami sports 56 stories of steel-and-glass luxury. Binyan Studios
What the main bedroom will look like inside the duplex. Villa Miami
The Miami home in the clouds offers indoor/outdoor living at its best. Villa Miami

Inside the chef’s kitchen, the countertops have recessed wells of water to replicate Carbone’s pasta cookers inside the eateries, so residents can drop their favorite pastas into the water wells on a whim, bypassing the need for conventional burners.

Of course, the pantries even come stocked with Carbone’s oils and sauces. Home chef lessons and private chefs are, naturally, also available.

The smashing skypad is on the 46th floor of Villa Miami — Major Food Group’s first residential project with developers Terra and One Thousand Group, and they have tapped Charles to do interiors for all 72 units in the 56-story, steel-and-glass edifice. 

The building is accessible by land, sea or rooftop helipad. Binyan Studios

The 650-foot-high building, in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood, was designed by ODP Architects. Construction is slated for completion at the end of 2026.

The residences are accessible by car, boat and chopper — thanks to their marina, helipad and carpark. 

Charles, who has created English homes inside an 18th-century Oxfordshire barn complex for the Beckhams, told Gimme Shelter this is her first Miami condo design. 

The 650-foot-high building’s helipad. Binyan Studios
Villa Miami is a vision in perspective. Binyan Studios
Even the suits and heels have a view. Villa Miami

Her goal, she told Gimme, was to “blend grandeur with warmth, bringing a uniquely European sensibility to Miami’s design landscape” that also works as an antidote to the city’s fixation with, well, a certain rather cold combination of certain materials. 

“For years,” Charles said, “the city has been defined by white marble and chrome. This residence is a departure … designed to frame the panoramic views of Biscayne Bay and Miami Beach. Every detail — from the travertine marble and rich wood flooring to the soft, ambient lighting — was chosen to create an atmosphere of timeless elegance and effortless livability.”

Inside the smart-wired home lies a main bedroom with a spa-like bath, along with two family rooms, a home office, the chef’s kitchen, a prep kitchen, 11-foot ceilings — and stunning Biscayne Bay and city skyline views. 

The open dining area can effortlessly seat 12 people. Villa Miami
A cozy entertaining spot inside the residence. Villa Miami
The modern interiors are beyond refined. Villa Miami

The residence also comes with access to the building’s Copper Club, Major Food Group’s first residents-only club, which features working spaces, lounges, a spa, a gym, a screening room, an elevated pool deck — as well as offerings that include home chef lessons and private chef cooking.

Attention to detail even includes a bank-style vault with safety deposit boxes available for residents.

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