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Landmark Miami Design Competition Winners Announced

dawntownmiami — Wed, 08 May 2013 07:00:18 +0000

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 as the city changes, the competition organizers asked designers to come up with a new symbol for the future. Therefore, architects and designers were tasked with creating an iconic architectural piece that contributes to the image of Miami.

The jury was made up of Javier Betancourt, Deputy Director of the Miami Downtown Development Authority; Damir Sinovcic Editor-in-Chief of DesignBook Magazine; Allan Shulman FAIA, Principal of Shulman + Associates and President of the AIA Miami Chapter; Joachim Perez, Executive Director of DawnTown. Landmark Miami attracted competitors from different parts around the world: El Salvador, Cuba, Iran, The Philippines, France and many others. With the final number of entries reaching 100, the jury decided on selecting four projects: 3 winners with 1 honorable mention.

1^st Place:
MIAMI LIFT
Team name: Studio Dror
Location: New York City, NY, USA

2^nd Place:
LEMONADE SQUARE
Team members: David Giraldeau, Alexandre Guilbeault
Locations: Montreal, Canada Team name: REMED

3^rd Place:
TORRE DE LAS AMERICAS
Team members: Mauricio Gonzalez, Alfredo Andia
Location: Miami, FL, USA / Santiago, Chile

HONORABLE MENTION
GREAT SPIRIT WOODS
Team members: Jakub Frolik & Vojtěch Kolář
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Team name: Frolík & Kolář + VIZarch.cz

As always, we would like to thank the Miami Downtown Development Authority for funding our project. For more information please visit www.miamidda.com.
We would especially like to thank all those that participated and continue to participate in DawnTown. Thank you for sharing your visions of Miami with us and the rest of the world. We will be uploading all of the competition entries to our flickr site over the summer.

Discussion on Downtown Miami May 15th

dawntownmiami — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:07:22 +0000

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 globe are flocking to the Magic City to capitalize on the quality of our assets and attractiveness of our location.

Join us for an evening of cocktails and conversation as leading experts discuss how Miami has been catapulted onto the international stage and how this is fueling our City’s emergence as an international destination for visitors, residents, and commerce.

The event is free for invited guests, but seating is limited. Registration is required.
Please RSVP to rsvp@brickellhouse.com by May 11 to reserve your space.

Ultra Music Festival in Downtown Miami

dawntownmiami — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:47:02 +0000

Madness descends on Miami this weekend, as the Ultra Music Festival rolls into town. The UMF is the event for electronic music in the United States, held annually in downtown. This year marks the first time the event will take place in Bayfront Park. If you don’t have tickets already, best look for them through third party vendors, because the event is sold out. Another option would be to sneak onto one of the many high rises that front Biscayne Bay for a view of the event. The photo below is courtesy of the Miami Downtown Development Authority.