AQUA mixes Modern buildings with New Urbanist plan A number of notable architects have designed buildings for AQUA, a high-end residential community on the southern tip of Allison Island, off Miami Beach, Duany Plater-Zyberk completed the master plan for the 8.5 acres, which will include 46 island homes, three mid-rise loft and condominium apartment buildings, as well as a day-care center, health club, and offices. Architects designing individual buildings include Hariri and Hariri, Alison Spear, Walter Chatham, Alexander Gorlin, Brown and Demandt, and Emanuela Frattini Magnusson. Although the community is planned by New Urbanists, most of the buildings are intended to be Modern. Construction begins this year and will be complete in 2003.