Eden Roc Miami Beach, resort hotel in Miami Beach, Florida, United States
Eden Roc Miami Beach is a luxury hotel in Miami Beach designed in the Miami Modern architectural style. The structure displays curved lines, extensive glass surfaces, and sleek detailing that define this mid-20th century design movement.
Morris Lapidus designed the Eden Roc for Harry Mufson on the former Warner Estate; it opened in 1955–56. In 1961 Ben Novack built a 14-story blank "spite wall" on the Fontainebleau property to shade its pool, prompting a lawsuit that set a US precedent on access to sunlight. Marriott ran it from 2005 to 2013, and in 2016 part became the Nobu Hotel.
The hotel takes its name from the Eden Roc pavilion at the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France. Its nightclub, Harry's American Bar, was not named after owner Harry Mufson but after a famous bar in Venice that Morris Lapidus borrowed the name from. The Cafe Pompei served dinner with entertainment, and the Mona Lisa Room was a formal dining room.
The hotel provides direct beach access with spacious outdoor grounds for guests. Visitors can explore the public areas during less busy periods to better observe the architectural details and surroundings.
Ben Novack, co-owner of the neighbouring Fontainebleau, answered the Eden Roc's opening by raising a blank 14-storey North Tower in 1961 whose only window, an ocean-side penthouse, was his own, built to watch Harry Mufson's guests. Mufson sued; the case became one of Miami Beach's bitterest architectural feuds, and a south-side addition was later built to cover the wall.
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