Unfinished Spaces is a feature documentary scheduled for worldwide release in 2011. It tells the story of three architects who resume their first project—Cuba’s National Art Schools—left unfinished in 1965 when their creative visions came head to head with the political realities of the Revolution.

The National Art Schools were envisioned as an incubator of Latin American artists.  The state would provide tuition and costs to whomever was eligible to attend the school.  At one point, Castro’s regime had hoped that the National Art Schools would rival those similar programs found in Europe.

The movie will be playing at the Miami International Film Festival.  DawnTown board member, Jean Francois Lejeune, will be leading a panel discussion about the film in a limited seating showing at the Freedom Tower on March 4th.  Please visit the Miami International Film Festival

The film is directed by Alysa Nahmias & Benjamin Murray
For more information visit Unfinished Spaces

The sessions will be on the following subjects:

• Beyond Post-Modernism: The Work of Aldo Rossi and Venturi-Scott Brown
• The Reconstruction and Invention of Cities
• Latin American Architecture Now & Then
• Three Architectural Journals from South America

Below is the School of Architecture’s poster, detailing the events and times for each lecture and the topics covered in each session

It’s not entirely new news that Zaha Hadid is building a parking garage here in Miami(Beach), but the above link has an interview with CBS Miami Shannon Hori regarding the structure.  Here’s an excerpt from the article,

“The idea was to create a dynamic movement. To use the idea of the movement of the car, which is circular, and then as it moves up, begins to shift, to give it more dynamics,” Hadid said.  But don’t expect Hadid to park there. She doesn’t have a license. She said she considers that her biggest failing in life.  Hadid, who now oversees a staff of 300, first started vacationing in Miami 10 years ago. She said she looks forward to having her own design in a city she loves.

With Hadid’s new garage proposal to match up against Herzog & deMeuron’s 1111, there are still plenty of Pritzker Prize winning architects that can still use Miami as the testing ground/guinea pig for automobile parking.  Who knows, maybe Jean Nouvel will get his shot next year.

Click on the above link to read about the status on the Miami Marine Stadium where we are fortunate enough to receive a small, but important mention.  We are happy over the potential good news on this project,  and we are very happy our efforts helped push this one of kind marvel into the international spotlight.  Kudos to you David Sokol at Architectural Record, and Don Worth, Hilario Candela, and Jorge Hernandez at Friends of Miami Marine Stadium.  Here is the excerpt from the article:

The preservation efforts have paid off. In July 2010, Miami’s city commissioners approved a new master plan for the island conceived by Candela and FMMS cofounder Jorge Hernandez, with help from students at the University of Miami School of Architecture. The stadium is the centerpiece of the redevelopment scheme. The movement to restore the venue got another boost last year when a local architecture competition organizer, Dawntown, unveiled the winners of an ideas competition to design a new floating stage for the arena.

-David Sokol, Architectural Record

Jonah Bokaer is an award-winning choreographer + media artist exploring possibilities for live performance through crossdisciplinary collaborations.

Please take a look at the flyer below for showtimes of Recess and Why Patterns. 

Norman Foster, Pritzker Prize winner and the architect of such notable buildings as The Beijing Airport, The Hearst Tower, and 30 St Mary Axe (the Gherkin), will be lecturing at Design Miami on Miami Beach Wednesday, November 30th between 6pm – 7pm.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

If you’re here in Miami, then join us tonight at the University of Miami School of Architecture at 6pm for the opening of the THE FIRST FOUR YEARS OF IDEAS: the first ever retrospective of DawnTown Miami.  We will have a panel discussion starting at 6pm followed by the opening of the gallery exhibit.  The event is free and open to the public.

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