270 Island Dr
Commissions  ·  Key Biscayne, FL

270 Island Dr

Location
Key Biscayne, FL
Property Type
Waterfront Mid-Century Modern Residence
Sq Ft
Mid-century modern estate
Setting
Canal frontage with pool and waterway access
Design
Mid-Century Modern
The Brief

Photography, drone aerials, and Matterport 3D — complete, single production day

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Single production day
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Services: photography, drone & Matterport
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Images in final collection

Exteriors

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Full rear elevation with butterfly roof and covered outdoor patio
Front entrance covered porch with lush tropical landscaping
Side elevation with mature landscaping and driftwood sculpture
Covered outdoor living and dining area opening to interior

Interiors

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Mid-century modern entry with glass walls and polished concrete
Open living room with vaulted beam ceiling and walls of glass
Living room from alternate angle with art shelf wall and waterway view
Sitting area with art shelves and waterway beyond
Living room with waterway and outdoor dining view
Kitchen with marble island and dining room
Dining table detail with roses and marble counter
Covered patio and outdoor dining with pool and interior beyond
Kidney-shaped pool with exterior elevation and pergola
Primary bedroom with vaulted ceiling and pool view
Second bedroom with vaulted ceiling and garden view

Matterport 3D

Overview

Key Biscayne is one of Miami's most coveted addresses — a barrier island community defined by waterfront estates, mature canopy, and a quiet remove from the mainland. 270 Island Drive is a mid-century modern residence that embodies everything that makes the island desirable: a generous waterfront lot, floor-to-ceiling glazing that dissolves the boundary between inside and out, soaring barrel-vaulted ceilings, and a site that opens directly onto the water.

The listing agent commissioned a complete visual package — photography, drone aerials, and a Matterport 3D virtual tour — to position the property at the level its architecture deserves and to serve buyers locally and internationally.

The Property

The architecture is defined by a continuous barrel-vaulted roofline that runs the full length of the living spaces, supported by exposed white-painted beams and filled with clerestory glazing. Light moves through the house differently at every hour. The polished concrete floors carry that light from room to room, connecting the interior to the pool deck, the waterfront terrace, and the canal beyond.

The home has been lived in thoughtfully — an art collection, a personal garden, a driftwood sculpture at the entry — and the photography was calibrated to honor that character rather than erase it. A property with this much personality reads better when the images let it breathe.

Strategy & Execution

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Inside-Out Compositions

The shoot was structured around the property's defining characteristic: the seamless relationship between interior and exterior. Compositions were developed to show both simultaneously — the living room opening onto the pool deck, the master suite opening onto the waterfront, the kitchen and dining areas reading through the full-width glazing from outside.

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Drone Aerial Coverage

Drone aerials established the site context — the canal frontage, the island setting, the relationship between the house and the water — in a way no ground-level shot can replicate.

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Matterport 3D Tour

The Matterport 3D tour provided international and out-of-market buyers with a complete spatial understanding of the property before a showing, qualifying interest and reducing friction in the sales process.

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