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Miami Beach Architect/Preservationist Leader Dies at 66
Image courtesey of Marice Cohn Band / Miami Herald “Les Beilinson grew up in Miami Beach during its post-World War II glory years. Later, as an architect, he became a leader of the movement to preserve the city’s Art Deco … Continue reading
More entries on DawnTown’s Flickr site
Above is just a small sample of some of the entries we’ve uploaded to our Flickr site. Click here for more: DawnTown 2013. We hope to have all the entries up soon.
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Landmark Miami Design Competition Winners Announced
DawnTown has just announced the winners for their 2013 ideas competition entitled Landmark Miami. This year’s theme focused on how cities are instantly identified by the individual structures within them. Miami already has its share of existing local landmarks, but … Continue reading
Landmark Miami Winners to be announced on Wednesday May 8th
It was a tough jury, with some great projects, but we have finally made our picks for the Landmark Miami design competition. We will be announcing the winners … Continue reading
Port Tunnel Break-Out Today
We were fortunate enough to take some photos from today’s break-out at Watson Island. Harriett, the tunnel boring machine’s nickname, has finally completed her journey in creating the twin chambers that will link traffic between PortMiami and the McArthur Causeway.
Former DawnTown jurors collaborate on new park
The following article comes from Metropolis Magazine by Paul Clemence. We wanted to highlight this topic because it deals with two of our former jurors for the Floating Stage competition: Landscape Architect Walter Meyer & Artist/Designer Michele Oka Doner. We … Continue reading
New app allows you to see sites through the eyes of architects
Siteseekr is a new application that brings architecture to the masses. It is being developed locally by Linda Feinberg, an architect and educator from Florida International University. The premise is that Siteseekr will allow its audience to … Continue reading
UPDATE: LANDMARK MIAMI JURY
We have pushed back our jury date until May 3rd for Landmark Miami! Stay tuned to find out who wins. Good luck to all those that participated!
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FIU’s Sky Lounge
Below is an article about Florida International University’s “Sky Lounge” at their Modesto Maidique Campus. For the original article, click here. Article by Silvia Rodriguez from FIU News. Tiny flecks of blue glass on the ground and air ferns hanging … Continue reading
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Still making headlines – DawnTown Design/Build
It’s always nice when a site like Archinect, a premier online architecture source, takes interest in our little project. Thanks to all the people over at Archinect!
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LANDMARK MIAMI – MATERIALS DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Since April 15th is the dreaded tax day here in the United States, we thought it best to give all of you competing in LANDMARK MIAMI a few extra days to finish up those boards. Although the deadline to register remains the … Continue reading
DawnTown Design Build Event Photos Part II
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DawnTown Design/Build Event Recap and Photos
For the past five years, DawnTown’s annual design ideas competition has attracted designers from around the world to present new and creative possibilities for Miami. Over 110 teams composed of architects, artists, landscape designers, engineers and others from around the … Continue reading
Bjarke Ingels to lecture at Colony Theater Miami Beach
SAVE THE DATE – MARCH 26th @ 6:30pm BIG: SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE Bjarke Ingels will hold a lecture at the Colony Theater on the architectural works of BIG in Miami Beach that is free and open to the public. Bjarke Ingels … Continue reading
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DawnTown Design/Build – 72 Hours Remain!
Manuel Clavel Rojo, Jacob Brillhart and Co. are working round the clock on their installation “Up-Downtown”, for the DawnTown Design/Build grand opening at HistoryMiami. Below are some photos taken at their warehouse located in Little Haiti. Many thanks to McKenzie … Continue reading
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FIU Architecture Harlem Shake or just another late night studio?
DawnTown is not immune to the distracting lure of Harlem Shake videos, so when this video of architecture students at local Florida International University came to us via email, we thought it would be worth showing to the rest of … Continue reading
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DawnTown Design/Build Opens at HistoryMiami March 21st
DawnTown Design/Build’s winning entry, Up-Downtown, will make its grand debut at HistoryMiami. Come interact with the exhibit and meet the designers during this special event! RSVP by March 18th!
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LANDMARK COMPETITION UPDATE
The competitions section of our site has recently been updated with new, detailed maps of the baywalk and fountain in Bayfront Park. Files are in PDF format and include scales. There are some dimensions located within the site plan to … Continue reading
Rem Koolhaas & Shohei Shigematsu to Lecture on Miami Beach
Thursday night on Lincoln Road brings a lecture by starchitect extraordinaire, Rem Koolhaas of OMA. Along with him will be Shohei Shigematsu, the director of OMA’s New York City office. The event will be moderated by University of Miami’s School … Continue reading
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Landmark Miami: Competition Questions are now Answered
Today we answer your questions. We took all the emails where you asked us questions about the competition, and created this list. Some questions were repeated and some were merged when they related to similar topics. We tried to answer … Continue reading
