New York architecture studio ODA has released designs for the 633 SE 3rd Avenue skyscraper in southern Florida with a series of cylindrical tubes arranged on top of a tree-covered podium.

The 47-storey tower will be built on the southern edge of Fort Lauderdale's downtown, near the New River in the residential Rio Vista neighbourhood, one of the oldest in the city.

ODA has designed a residential skyscraper in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Early plans show 633 SE 3rd Avenue having a height of 563 feet (172 metres), with an L-shaped grouping of tubular massing rising as a tower from the corner of a landscaped podium.

"While the tower design celebrates simplicity of materials and forms through the repetition of wrap-around balconies and sleek rounded volumes, special attention was paid to the design and detailing of the building base in order to engage at the street level," said ODA.

Arches will line the entrance at street level

The nine-storey podium will have arched entries into the lobby and amenity spaces on ground level. A parking garage will also be included in this part of the structure.

Glass-covered tubular facades will characterize the residential aspect of the pavilion, while the parking structure will be clad with a more opaque design featuring "inverted" arches covered with vertical louvres.