Oceanfront Residence Highland Beach Florida

JAG Design & Development is a premier South Florida luxury design-build firm specializing in one-of-a-kind waterfront estates. The company was founded by Albert Giachetti, whose career began in New York’s Hamptons before relocating to South Florida in 1986. Since then, JAG has designed and constructed some of the region’s most distinctive custom residences, combining architecture, construction, and craftsmanship under one roof.

For the Robins Residence, JAG envisioned a contemporary coastal home where glass, stone, and architectural metal merge into a unified composition that responds to the Atlantic Ocean setting.

CSI'S Contribution

CSI Architectural Metal was selected to fabricate the home’s custom exterior metal cladding.

Rather than utilizing conventional repetitive metal panels, the façade was engineered as a completely custom interlocking system. Nearly every panel was individually fabricated to its precise location, allowing the exterior to emulate the appearance of hand-laid ashlar stone while maintaining the precision and clean lines of modern architectural metal.

The fabrication drawings document numerous custom panel widths and lengths, illustrating the bespoke nature of the system.

Material Innovation

Architectural Bronze Without the Drawbacks

One of the defining elements of the residence is its custom façade fabricated from marine-grade Type 316 stainless steel finished with an advanced PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) titanium coating.

This material was chosen because it combines the visual warmth of architectural bronze with the durability required for a luxury residence located directly on the Atlantic Ocean.

When first installed, the façade exhibited a bright metallic bronze appearance. As natural daylight interacted with the finish, it developed the rich, medium-dark bronze character visible in the completed residence.

Unlike traditional bronze, the PVD-coated stainless steel:

Will not develop green oxidation.
Resists salt-air corrosion.
Maintains excellent UV color stability.
Prevents runoff staining.
Requires minimal long-term maintenance.

This made it an ideal solution for one of Florida’s most demanding coastal environments.

OCEANFRONT ENGINEERING

Situated on approximately 2.36 acres stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to the Intracoastal Waterway, the residence comprises approximately 8,818 square feet of living space across four levels with five bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, two powder rooms, a six-car garage, elevator, private dock, and resort-style outdoor living areas.

The exterior cladding system had to withstand:

Hurricane-force wind exposure
Salt spray
High humidity
Intense UV radiation
Continuous thermal movement

The use of marine-grade 316 stainless steel and a concealed interlocking attachment system provided both long-term durability and the crisp architectural aesthetic envisioned by JAG.