Perkins+Will has released details of their design for the Ransom Everglades School in Miami, Florida. The school’s new STEM building will feature flexible classrooms with mobile walls and furniture, and an emphasis on indoor/outdoor connectivity. The school’s role as a nationally-renowned center for science and technology will also be aided by tech-enabled educational tools, fabrication and maker labs, a rooftop outdoor lab, and an entire roof of solar PVs.
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Perkins+Will Designs Flexible STEM School with Movable Walls in Miami
08 Albatross Avenue House / Studio Workshop
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Designers: Studio Workshop
- Area: 912 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Fisher & Paykel, ABI Interiors, Bosch, Euro Wood, Paco Jaanson
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Professionals: Allens Kitchens, Big Projects, Big Q, Michael Bale & Associates
Yona Friedman's First U.S. Public Project Comes to Miami
French architect Yona Friedman has unveiled his first public project in the United States with The Institute of Contemporary Art and the Miami Design District. Dubbed Space-Chain Phantasy-Miami 2019, the work is sited inside of the Miami Design District's Paradise Plaza. Drawing from a lifetime of developing ideas that empower users and generate democratic cities, Friedman's new prototype is inspired by Miami. The work reflects on Friedman's perspective that architecture should be flexible, mobile, and adjust to the needs of its inhabitants.
Jean Nouvel's Man-Made Lagoon Highrise Tops Out in Miami
Jean Nouvel’s first Miami project, Monad Terrace, has officially topped out. Designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel in collaboration with Kobi Karp, the highrise project is situated on West Avenue in the premier South Beach district of Miami Beach, setting a new standard of building integrity and climate resilience for the city.
The design innovation of Monad Terrace begins on the ground, where the lobby level has been raised 11.5 feet off the surface of West Avenue, allowing all interior spaces to be located significantly over flood plain levels and eliminating the need to dig down into the water table.
GLF Headquarters / Oppenheim Architecture + Design
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Architects: Oppenheim Architecture
- Area: 20000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Addotta, Armstrong Ceilings, GLASSTECH
David Beckham's Miami Soccer Stadium Receives Public Vote
David Beckham's Freedom Park and Soccer Village proposal for Miami has received the public vote supporting the project. Designed by Arquitectonica, the proposal to bring a soccer club to the city has been under development for over five and a half years. The Miami public voted in favor of building the 25,000-seat stadium, community park and public soccer facilities. While negotiation with city officials is still needed, if approved, the project would create a home for the new Internaćional de Fútbol Miami soccer club.
Work Set to Begin on Miami's Answer to the NYC High Line, Designed by James Corner Field Operations
Work is set to begin on the Miami “Underline” project, a 10-mile-long park and trail under Miami’s elevated Metrorail tracks. Designed by James Corner Field Operations, the team behind the acclaimed Manhattan High Line, along with a team of volunteers and entrepreneurs led by Meg Daly and “Friends of the Underline,” the scheme has recently broken ground, set for completion by the summer of 2020.
As reported by the Miami Herald, the scheme will extend from downtown Miami to Dadeland, with an initial segment in the Brickell district measuring half a mile.
SkyRise Vertical Theme Park Set to Become Florida's Tallest Tower
Arquitectonica's SkyRise Miami vertical theme park is set to become Florida’s tallest tower. Scheduled to begin construction early next year, SkyRise Miami will stand as a 1,000-foot tower with numerous mixed-use entertainment facilities from a prime location in the heart of Miami’s downtown core. Operated by the sports and entertainment management company Legends, the tower will redefine the Miami skyline with views across Biscayne Bay.
Brickell City Centre / Arquitectonica + ArquitectonicaGEO
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Architects: Arquitectonica, ArquitectonicaGEO
- Area: 9500000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: BANDALUX, Gamma, MULTIVER
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Professionals: ArquitectonicaGEO, ADAAG Consulting Services, Akerman Senterfitt, Beyond Hospitality, BVM Engineering, +19
Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science / Grimshaw Architects
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Architects: Grimshaw
- Area: 250000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Baker Concrete, CW Keller, FabriTec Structures, Gate Precast, Kemper System, +3
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Professionals: ArquitectonicaGEO, Arup, Fraga Engineers, DDA Engineers, CD to completion
Flo & Jet / SHoP Architects
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Architects: SHoP Architects
- Year: 2018
Park Grove / OMA | Shohei Shigematsu
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Architects: OMA
- Area: 1386000 ft²
- Year: 2018
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Professionals: AquaDynamics, David Plummer & Associates, DiSimone, Enea Garden Design, Feller, +4
Dilido House / SAOTA
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Architects: SAOTA
- Area: 1670 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Dornbracht, Lutron, Terrazzo & Marble, Poggenpohl, Brown, +8
Dame Zaha Hadid's Private Miami Residence Sold by Sotheby's
Dame Zaha Hadid forever shaped the field of architecture and design. As an architect who ventured where few would dare, she left an indelible mark on practice. Now, Sotheby's has reportedly sold her Miami residence at W South Beach. The Pritzker-Prize winning architect's private retreat is 3 bedroom, 4 bath unit that opens out to the Atlantic Ocean. Personally designed by the late Zaha herself, the residence gives a glimpse into the life of one of history's greatest architects.
Drone Footage Shows Zaha Hadid's One Thousand Museum Tower Nearing Completion
New drone footage and photographs have been released of the One Thousand Museum, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects, as work progresses in Miami, Florida. Having topped out in February 2018, the 62-story residential tower is due for completion later in the year.
The new imagery showcases the 700-foot-high (210-meter-high) tower’s curved structural exoskeleton, comprising 5,000 pieces of glass-fiber-reinforced concrete. The photo gallery also offers some of the first images of the scheme’s interior spaces, still under construction, showing the influence of the exoskeleton on the internal environment.
BIG's Miami Produce Center Revealed Atop Thin Stilts
Images have been released of the Bjarke Ingels Group-designed plans for Miami's Allapattah neighborhood. First reported by The Real Deal, the development is called the Miami Produce Center. A mega mixed-used complex on stilts, the design was created with Miami Beach developer Robert Wennett. A special area plan filed with the city of Miami shows the design will include office space, education areas, residential units, retail, a hotel and parking spaces. The eight-building complex will cover over 8 acres northwest of downtown Miami.
FIU School of International and Public Affairs / Arquitectonica
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Architects: Arquitectonica
- Area: 5305 m²
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: Terrazzo & Marble
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Professionals: Waveguide Consulting, ArquitectonicaGEO, ArquitectonicaINTERIORS, CMI, MEP Engineering Inc, +4
Miami Museum Garage / WORKac + Nicolas Buffe + Clavel Arquitectos + K/R and J. MAYER. H.
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Architects: Clavel Arquitectos, J. Mayer H, K/R, Nicolas Buffe, WORKac
- Year: 2018
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Manufacturers: Entech Innovative of Rockledge, FL. TK Project Manager, KVC Constructors of Miami, FL. TK Project Manager., Zahner