Monthly Archives: February 2010

This week at the University of Miami School of Architecture: “Transformations and Mutations in Architecture,” a presentation by Daniel Bonilla, architect from Bogotá, Colombia.  From Architectural Record: “[Bonilla's] inspiration came from his hometown of Bogotá, Colombia, where in high school … Continue reading →

While the focus of the DawnTown annual architecture competition will remain downtown Miami, I would like to report on more events not in downtown, Miami Beach, and Coral Gables.  What’s happening in Hialeah?  Doral?  Kendall?  Homestead?  Represent your hyper-local architecture … Continue reading →

Don’t forget to visit the improved Simpson Park at the corner of SW 15 Rd and Miami Ave (map), designed by Chad Oppenheim.  The park features one of Florida’s last natural hardwood hammocks, and now your local NET office!  Thoughts … Continue reading →

InnoVida Holdings, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and  Alonzo Mourning cordially invite you to the unveiling of “InnoVida Housing Solutions for Haiti” designed by Andres Duany.  Alonzo Mourning will announce his commitment to assist with the relief of the immediate housing … Continue reading →

For even more information, see the PechaKucha website or Andres Viglucci’s article.

A reader writes that there is a rumor that Miami-Dade County will soon consider creating a height limit on manufactured housing: two stories and 25 feet.  Any truth to this?  Please share what you know in the comments.  Such a limit … Continue reading →

Pick up the latest issue of HOME Miami magazine.  It is THE magazine for south Floridians who care about architecture and design.  This issue’s letter from the Editor, Beth Dunlop, mentions DawnTown and its participants who created “remarkable designs that … Continue reading →

NYC makes GIS and other metropolitan information available publicly and then has a competition to design iPhone apps that use the information to make people’s lives better.

WPBT is working on a documentary called “Imagining a New Florida.”  From the official teaser: “Florida is at a critical crossroads.  After a half-century of phenomenal growth and sprawl development, our car-oriented culture is seen as causing social isolation, detracting … Continue reading →

Hopefully you have heard of “The QBE,” a symphony to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, composed by Sufjan Stevens and Robert Moses, respectively.  The BQE was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and is described by BAM Executive Producer Joe Melillo … Continue reading →

FREE SHOW: “Model City is a multi-media exploration of what it means to create a useful urban environment; a sustainable city in the 21st century.  Told through the lens of a street performer, the tale meanders in and out of … Continue reading →

Interesting concept: solicit competition entries that didn’t originally win, become part of a new competition (with wiser jury?), and get that prize and recognition you deserved!  Thanks to Architizer for reaching out to DawnTown with this opportunity.

The National Endowment for the Arts is offering money to cities for urban revitalization in connection with the arts.  NEA Chair Rocco Landesman recently visited Miami and toured arts facilities in several neighborhoods (great coverage on Urbanista), and the vision … Continue reading →

One major contributor to market inefficiencies, e.g. the boom and now bust that is happening to the real estate industry and architects in particular, is informational asymmetries.  That’s where GIS comes in, per this helpful reminder from the New York … Continue reading →