From the street, North Bay Village looks like many of Miami’s quieter corners. A thin strip of land sitting between the mainland and the ocean, it is a place of soft light, distant motor yachts, and a skyline that begins to glow long before night falls. It is here, above the waterline and far from the noise of Miami Beach, that an unexpected marriage of worlds is taking shape.
Pagani, the Italian automaker known for building some of the most handcrafted and emotional hypercars on earth, is stepping into residential design. The company has always treated cars as works of art rather than machines. Now that same philosophy is being applied to living space.
Pagani Residences is a 70 home tower, modest in size compared with the glass giants rising along the coastline. The building’s focus is not abundance but attention. Instead of crowding floors with dozens of apartments, the project is arranged to give residents space, privacy and an almost studio like link to the outdoors. At the very top sit two duplex penthouses, which feel more like sculptural objects than conventional homes. Terraces fold around them like wings. Ceilings rise to a height that feels more like a gallery than a living room. The interiors are not just fitted with expensive materials, they are arranged with the precision of a master craftsman.
These homes were personally overseen by Horacio Pagani and the Pagani Arte team. Floors are laid in chevron oak with slender metal inlays. Stone climbs staircases like a ribbon. Kitchens are studies in contrast, mixing marble and aluminium, while the bathrooms are crafted with travertine and intricate details that echo the geometric lines seen inside the company’s cars. Nothing looks off the shelf. Everything gives the impression of having been considered, held, and approved by human hands.
What makes the penthouses even more unusual is that they come with something not found in any property brochure: a Pagani Utopia Roadster, a hypercar created as a one off version for the owners of these homes. Painted in a blue tone made for Miami’s sea and sky, the car is not treated as an incentive but as part of the story. For Pagani, a car and a home serve the same purpose. They are spaces of joy. They invite personal expression. Pagani often speaks of dialogue, the conversation between owner and maker. The car world knows him for that. Now the property world is learning it.
Penthouse buyers are offered the opportunity to visit the brand’s atelier in Modena, to walk through the museum, meet the designers, and shape aspects of their home. The idea is not to purchase a finished object, but to take part in its creation. It mirrors the experience of commissioning a car. Pagani has always left room for soul and personal taste in a process that other companies prefer to keep fixed and uniform.
Away from the penthouses, the building continues that approach of quiet detail. A sky lounge sits above the bay with pools and cabanas. There is a wellness floor, gyms and treatment rooms, and a service culture designed to take the admin out of everyday life. None of it feels excessive or loud. It simply works, which is often harder to achieve than extravagance.
North Bay Village may not yet be a household name, but perhaps that is the point. From this height, with the bay curling around the tower and the city stretching into the distance, the noise falls away. The Penthouse price tags will draw attention, of course. Yet, beneath the headlines, the more interesting story is how a boutique automaker known for shaping carbon fibre is now shaping places to live.
Pagani has built homes the way it builds cars. One piece at a time, by hand, and always for someone specific. It is less about status and more about feeling. And for once, in a part of the world that thrives on spectacle, the luxury lies not in what is shown, but in how carefully everything has been made.
Residences are priced from $3.7 million.
