Can I see it before it's built?

Yes. It gets drawn onto a photograph of your entrance, and the changes happen there rather than in the shop.

What about the fence either side of it?

Drawn at the same time. A gate that does not agree with its fence reads as two separate purchases from the road.

Not necessarily. Posts, piers and rendered pillars are three different structures, and the leaf and the ground decide which one is right.

Will it survive this close to the water?

Salt is the design brief on the coast, so material, fixings and finish are chosen for the exposure rather than for the photograph.

Driveway Gates in Miami Beach, FL

Wide driveway gate and railing photographed at dusk from the street

Swing, slide, cantilever · Miami Beach, FL

Your slope, your curb and your parking decide which one you can actually have.

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Waterfront estate seen from the water, its lawn lined with tall palms above a seawall. — The barrier islands — Ocean on one side, the bay on the other, and nothing in between to break the salt.

Miami Beach · Miami-Dade County

A swing pair needs an arc. A slide needs a run alongside the opening. A cantilever needs neither but wants a counterbalance behind the post. Which of the three your driveway allows is a geometry question with one right answer, and it is worth settling early.

Close to open water the gate lives in salt air, so material and coating get specified before styling does — aluminum, or steel that is coated for the exposure rather than for the showroom.

Wind exposure on the water is not only a number in a code table — it is what actually loads a gate leaf, every afternoon.

Wind load first, paperwork second

The High-Velocity Hurricane Zone covers Miami-Dade in full, which is what decides the frame and the fixings long before anyone picks a finish. Approval is a separate, local question: in Miami Beach it runs through whichever authority has jurisdiction, and where a homeowners' association governs the street its architectural review usually runs alongside it.

Driveway Gates — the full breakdown

Before / after

Drag it backto how we found it.

Drag the divider to see the change. Where a frame is marked Concept it illustrates the starting point rather than photographs it.

Illustration of a plain builder-grade gate shown on the same driveway — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

The ornate custom estate gate built on that driveway — DesignBuilder-grade to bespoke

Driveway Gates · Miami Beach

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Black swing gate open onto a paver driveway with a lawn either side

Swing pair on pavers

Black sliding driveway gate beside a stone pillar with palms behind — Slide, single leaf

Horizontal timber slat gate between brick pillars under flowering bougainvillea — Horizontal slat, brick piers

Lit driveway gate at night with uplit palms behind it — After dark

Ornate arched iron double gate between rendered pillars at an estate entrance — Ornate double swing

Straight answers

On-site measure
Drawn before it's cut
Shop-fabricated
Coastal finish
Specified for salt exposure

Can I see it before it's built?: Yes. It gets drawn onto a photograph of your entrance, and the changes happen there rather than in the shop.
What about the fence either side of it?: Drawn at the same time. A gate that does not agree with its fence reads as two separate purchases from the road.
Do I need pillars?: Not necessarily. Posts, piers and rendered pillars are three different structures, and the leaf and the ground decide which one is right.
Will it survive this close to the water?: Salt is the design brief on the coast, so material, fixings and finish are chosen for the exposure rather than for the photograph.