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Life House Collins Park nods to Miami’s little-known Quaker origins with “lax minimalism”

October 12, 2019 Paul Jebara 0
Life House Collins Park Hotel

Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami’s past as a Quaker stronghold. The boutique brand, whose philosophy celebrates neighbourhood identity and heritage, garnered significant buzz after the opening of Life House Little Havana, which debuted a bespoke digital platform for guests to use like

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Wavy white concrete roof tops Foster + Partners’ Apple Aventura store in Miami

August 27, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Apple Aventura by Foster + Partners

Foster + Partners has completed its latest Apple Store in Miami with an undulating white concrete roof that draws on the city’s art deco buildings. The British architecture firm worked closely with former Apple chief design officer Jonathan Ive, who left the company earlier this year, on the project. Called Apple Aventura, the store is located

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Coalition of survivors protest museum for Orlando Pulse shooting

August 26, 2019 Bridget Cogley 0
Pulse nightclub Orlando, Florida memorial from 2016 shooting

A group of survivors from the deadly 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida are protesting the creation of a museum and memorial for the tragedy – which firms including Studio Libeskind and Diller Scofidio + Renfro are vying to build. The group, called Community Coalition Against a Pulse Museum, formed last month to demand

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Foster completes “revitalisation” of Florida’s Norton Museum of Art

February 1, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Norton Museum of Art by Foster + Partners

The Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, is reopening following an overhaul by Foster + Partners, featuring a roof that curves around an old tree and a botanical garden for sculptures. British firm Foster + Partners completed the renovation of the museum on Olive Avenue three years after work began on the

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New World Design proposes golden fence around Trump’s Mar-A-Lago resort

January 28, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Mar-A-Lago border wall prototype by New World Design

Architecture studio New World Design has launched a crowdfunding campaign to build a golden picket fence around US president Donald Trump’s compound in Palm Beach, Florida, to highlight the absurdity of his plans for the Mexico border wall. Launched on platform GoFundMe, The US-Mexico Border Wall: A Study in Absurdity campaign aims to raise millions

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Life House Little Havana hotel operates through bespoke tech platform

January 27, 2019 Dan Howarth 0
Life House Little Havana hotel in Miami

Silicon Valley-backed company Life House has launched the first in a series of technology-driven hotels in Miami, which offers a social-media network that connects guests before their trips. Life House Little Havana debuts the hotel concept for which hotel and real-estate executive Rami Zeidan, and software entrepreneur Yury Yakubchyk, have raised $70 million (£54 million)

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Milanese palazzos inform Valextra’s Miami store by Aranda\Lasch

January 2, 2019 Eleanor Gibson 0
Valextra store by Aranda\Lasch

Orange-hued marble and pebble-dashed stone provide the setting for displays of leather handbags, clutches and purses in this boutique in Miami, which was designed by American studio Aranda\Lasch. Aranda\Lasch outfitted the Miami Valextra store to reference the heritage and craftsmanship of the luxury leather label, which was founded in Milan in 1937. The studio took cues

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Ken Fulk chooses candy colours for Swan restaurant in Miami

December 26, 2018 Dan Howarth 0
Swan restaurant interior by Ken Fulk

American interior designer Ken Fulk is behind the pastel palette at this new restaurant and bar in the Miami Design District. The neighbourhood’s latest food and nightlife destinations, Swan and Bar Bevy, opened in November 2018 by local hospitality bigwig David Grutman and musician Pharrell Williams, to media fanfare and a celebrity crowd. With a

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