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May in Miami is Museum Month
Check out the video showing the public relations stunt to promote Miami Museum Month in May. We’ve also included a list of participating museums with links to their sites. May is Miami Museum Month, and what better way to create … Continue reading
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Tagged art center south florida, bakehouse complex, bass museum of art, coral gables museum, dezer collection automobile museum, gold coast railroad museum, history miami, holocaust memorial of miami beach, jewish museum of florida, lowe art museum, Miami Art Museum, miami children's museum, miami science museum, museum, museum month, museum of contemporary art, pr stunt, public relations, the frost art museum, the haitian heritage museum, wings over miami air museum, wolfsonian, world erotic museum, Wynwood, wynwood walls
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Port Tunnel Exhibit at Coral Gables Museum
There is still time to see the exhibit on the new Port Tunnel project in Miami. The tunnel is a massive public works project that creates a connection between Watson and Dodge Islands.
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Tagged construction, coral gables, coral gables museum, exhibition, museum, port tunnel
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Prefab House Builders hosting an Open House
Cabin Fever,a local Miami company doing prefab building successfully, invites you to a free open house of their factory (with a unit under construction) on Wed, May 23, from 6 to 8 PM at 85 NW 71 St, Miami, FL … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, Cabin Fever, construction, Little Haiti, Miami, open house, prefabrication
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Discussion on Downtown Miami May 15th
From Schwartz Media Strategies: Tuesday, May 15, at 5:45 pm 1450 Brickell Avenue, 5th Floor (parking garage access located on SW 15th Rd.) Miami is hot right now and it isn’t just the weather. Investors from all corners of the … Continue reading
Followup on Sobe Park Charrette
Just a short recap of the Sobe Park Charrette review that occurred last week on Miami Beach. The project featured 3 designs by Gensler, Benoy in partnership with ADD Inc, and SOM. The developer, Crescent Heights, owns the property in … Continue reading
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Tagged Add Inc, architecture, Benoy Architects, fiusoa, Gensler, landscape urbanism, Local 10 news, miami beach, SoBePark Charrette, SOM, urban design
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First visit to the Marlins Ballpark
This past weekend, a few friends and I attended our first game at the new Marlins Ballpark. For a baseball game, which normally goes at a tortoise pace, the experience was great and the game itself had a little bit … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, baseball, miami dade transit, miami marlins, miami trolley, parking, Populous, Transit Miami, urban planning
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Preservation of Modernist Architecture
France and Florida : two perspectives on the preservation of Modernist Architecture in comparison Tuesday May 1 • 6:30pm France and the United States have different views on heritage preservation. The conference will highlight the challenges of preserving historical buildings … Continue reading
Happy Birthday to I.M. Pei
Today marks the 95th birthday of modern architect, IM Pei. Pei left his native China to study in the United States, but was not in tune with the Beaux-Arts teachings happening at the time; at one point he considered whether … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, downtown miami, IM Pei, Marcel Breuer, Miami, modern architecture, Walter Gropius
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Airport Link described as “Portal to the Future”
It has been years in the making, but the Airport Link will soon become a reality. Unlike many major cities around the country and worldwide, public transportation access to Miami International Airport is limited. The largest disconnect is between the … Continue reading
Presentation on the Miami Marine Stadium, April 24th
The event is open to the public. Please follow the directions on the flyer above.
Help Pick the Winning Design from the Alton Road Charrette
Do you care about Miami’s built environment? If you are reading this, or any other of DawnTown’s posts, I imagine that you probably do. DawnTown came about because we seek change in the neglected areas of Miami, and wanted to … Continue reading
Miami Beach takes top spot in AIA Florida’s Survey, but what else?
The results are in, and the selections to the AIA Florida Top 100 Buildings have been announced. Miami (by ways of Miami Beach) placed first overall, with Morris Lapidus’ Fontainebleau Hotel. At the time of its creation, the Fontainebleau was … Continue reading
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Tagged AIA, architects, architecture, Florida, fontainebleau, hotels, Miami, miami beach, Morris Lapidus, top buildings
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Architecture and Ice Cream?
Is it me, or do the Miami food trucks seem to be growing exponentially? Just a mere three years ago there was a small, manageable network of trucks but these days, you need a social media intern checking a 24 … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, coolhaus, food trucks, ice cream, Miami, sugar rush, Wynwood
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Little Havana Bus Tour
A few weeks back, we posted an article where we briefly mentioned a neighborhood we don’t talk enough about: Little Havana (Click here to read that post). Little Havana is known for being one of the most eccentric and unique … Continue reading
Event on Sustainability and Eco-Business at the Wolfsonian
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Tagged FIU, Florida International University, green networking, miami beach, sustainability, usgbc, wolfsonian
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CNN lists New World Symphony as Top Spot for Architecture Lovers
CNN Travel released today an online article describing six new spots for architecture lovers. Number one on that list is Miami’s very own New World Symphony on Miami Beach. For the entire article, click here. The excerpt can be read … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, cnn, frank gehry, miami beach, new world symphony
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Follow up article on Alternative for Parking Lots
The New York Times just will not stop writing about parking. Phil Patton writes, in the Automobiles section, a response to Professor Eran Ben-Joseph’s article written on Monday. The article makes for a good follow up, and although doesn’t reference … Continue reading
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Tagged 1111 lincoln road, herzog demeuron, miami beach, ny times, parking, parking garage, urban parks, Zaha Hadid
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Brian Phillips Lecture: Weds. March 28th at 6pm
Brian Phillips is founding principal of Interface Studio Architects, an architectural design and research office in Philadelphia. He holds a degree from the University of Oklahoma and an M.Arch from the University of Pennsylvania. His writing and design work … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, brian phillips, lecture, philadelphia, um soa, university of miami
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The Possible Transformations of a Parking Lot
Image of Bayfront Park way project courtesy of © Ana Bikic via Treehugger.com Below is an article, taken straight from the New York Times about the current state and future possibilities of parking lots. I find the article relevant since … Continue reading
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Tagged article, Bayfront parkway, new york times, parking lots, reuse, transportation, urban design, urban planning
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