By Elemento Living
Sunset Island IV is one of Miami Beach’s most coveted addresses. Gated, waterfront, and quietly iconic, it is the kind of setting that does not need to announce itself. The custom estate sits on more than 23,000 square feet, with 150 feet of frontage on the calmest body of water on the bay. Architecture is by Cesar Molina. A site like this rewards discipline over display. The water is already the main event. The design challenge is to build something that answers it rather than competes with it.
For the pool, spa, and cold plunge, Elemento designer Ligia worked toward a single material gesture rather than a collection of choices. All three are clad entirely in Rich Forest, the most
requested color in the Murano Series. It is a deep, luminous green that mirrors the water and the lush grounds surrounding the home. The effect is quiet and total. The pool stops reading as an amenity and starts reading as architecture. The mosaic beneath the surface turns it into something closer to artwork, a finish that shifts with the light and the time of day rather than sitting flat under it. This is the kind of decision that does not happen by accident. It comes from a designer thinking about the entire composition, the way the water relates to the planting, the way the green
answers the canopy, the way a single color can hold a large estate together.
What makes the project possible is the model behind it. Elemento is a design studio and a curated showroom under one roof. That combination is rare, and it is the reason the work feels cohesive rather than collected. A client does not have to coordinate between a designer who has a vision and a retailer who has the product. At Elemento, those are the same conversation. Ligia composes the space, and the showroom completes it, from the mosaic beneath the water to the furniture on the terrace. One eye, one vision, one point of contact. For the architects and builders Elemento works with, this is a meaningful simplification. The outdoor scope arrives resolved, with the design intent and the specification already aligned. For homeowners, it means the finished space looks the way it was imagined, because the person who imagined it also had the catalog to deliver it.
A project like Sunset Island IV is the clear estargument for the model.The pool was not selected. It was designed. The mosaic was not an upgrade. It was the idea. And the person who held that idea from the first sketch to the final tile was an Elemento designer with a showroom behind her. That is the offering. Not a place to buy outdoor furniture, but a studio where the design and the pieces come from the same hand. To start a project with Ligia and the Elemento design studio,visit the showroom or reachout through elementoliving.com.
Because the Naples day so often runs from morning by the pool to evening on the terrace, shade and planting deserve real attention. A considered shade strategy, anchored by structures engineered for the climate, keeps the space usable through the hottest hours. Sculptural planters, including illuminated pieces, carry the design into the evening and tie the furnishings to the landscape. The goal is a space that works from sunrise to well after dark.
Elemento Living serves Naples and Collier County from our Miami Beach showroom and design studio, working with homeowners, designers, architects, and builders to plan complete outdoor environments. We bring a curated portfolio of premium brands, in house design and space planning, and full specification and procurement support to projects across the region. Whether the brief is a Gulf front terrace or an entertaining ready pool deck, our team helps realize it as a cohesive whole, furniture, shade, planting, and lighting together. To plan a Naples project, connect with the Elemento Living team. Live. Connect. Relax.
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