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New World Symphony Projection Wall Test

Published on 2009-12-11 11:05:55

I had the pleasure of attending a test run for the new projection wall on the east side of the Frank Gehry designed New World Symphony building in Miami Beach.  One of the signature features of the building is a 7,000 square foot (70′ x 100′) projection wall on the front of the building that [...] Related posts:West 8 Replaces Gehry Over the last few months , Urban City Architecture has been following the drama...Park or Parking? The Miami Herald is reporting that a new battle

Downtown Retail Stays Open Later

Published on 2009-12-01 08:55:23

Anyone who has been to Downtown Miami recently at night can attest to the small yet important changes that have occurred over the last year or two.  The nights of the urban center, which not long ago where dominated by shuttered doors and empty streets are slowly starting to change as more business stay open and residents [...] Related posts:Downtown Miami Retail Much has been said in the news regarding the massive building boom...More Retail Coming to Downtown Miami I reported a few months

Miami Dade College to Expand Downtown Campus

Published on 2009-11-25 17:51:05

It looks like Miami Dade College is taking advantage of the economy and looking to build a new building in it’s Wolfson Campus in Downtown Miami.  According to the Miami Today News, the school plans to add a 110,000 square-foot building on a college owned parcel currently occupied by a basketball court.  The site is [...] Related posts:Frank Lloyd Wright – Florida Southern College Exhibit The University of Miami is hosting a photography exhibit of Frank Lloyd Wright’s...Oc

Win a Copy of the South Florida Design Book

Published on 2009-11-25 11:27:52

Urban City Architecture is proud to announce that the South Florida Design Book, a local design publication in association with AIA Miami, will be sponsoring the Online Student Design Exhibit here on the site.  The Online Student Design Exhibit hopes to become a local repository of work by local design students here in the South Florida region.  Every month [...] Related posts:Submit Your Work – Online South Florida Student Exhibit Are you an architecture/design student or emerging

Change or Sink – Drastic Changes to Transit Needed

Published on 2009-11-25 11:17:44

When I think about transit, it really gets me thinking of how much work Florida has ahead of itself.  Today Florida is an autocentric, unsustainable and unhealthy landscape that is destroying the natural environment and contributing to its own demise.  Few people ride transit, everyone drives everywhere, and sprawl has continued unabated.  All one has to do is look at [...] Related posts:The Death of Two Rails It is a say day in Florida  — recently the state legislature...Positi

Crosswalk Pattern For Brickell Avenue

Published on 2009-11-20 13:12:10

The other day I was forwarded the new and approved crosswalk design/pattern for the Brickell Avenue streetscape remake scheduled soon. Related posts:Walk Miami – More Visible Crosswalk Markings In a previous post I wrote about the disregard for crosswalks by...Walk Miami – The Crosswalk Zigzag on Biscayne As Downtown Miami continues to attract more residents and visitors, it is...Walk Miami – Cars and the Crosswalk One of the most frustrating and perhaps dangerous aspects ab

Walk Miami – The Crosswalk Zigzag on Biscayne

Published on 2009-11-20 12:05:52

As Downtown Miami continues to attract more residents and visitors, it is important to ensure that intersections and streets have properly designed and highly visible crosswalks, as well as complementary traffic calming devices. Unfortunately, current conditions across many of the intersections in downtown show a very different situation. Intersections lack a consistent use of marked crosswalks or other safety features across intersections with high levels of pedestrian traffic. Intersection m

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Published on 2009-11-19 18:24:12

Urban City Architecture is happy to announce that you may now follow us on both Twitter and Facebook. Related posts:Boston’s Layers of Time – Value of Quality Urban Architecture There are few cities in the Unites States that have the long,...Aldo Rossi – Architecture of the City Although a hard, sometimes confusing and academic read, Aldo Rossi’s (May 3, 1931...Free Desktop Wallpaper Urban City Architecture will be providing free desktop wallpapers for download of...

Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates Receive Award

Published on 2009-11-18 14:44:17

MIAMI (November 18, 2009) – Miami-based architectural firm Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates (NBWW) recently received the first-place Eagle Award by the Central Florida Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) in the category of “Historic Preservation Projects over $100 million dollars.” The firm, which competed in ABC’s 2009 Excellence in Construction Awards [...] Related posts:AIA Florida 2009 Honor & Design Award Winners The 2009 Florida/Caribbean Ho

Airport City at Miami International Airport

Published on 2009-11-18 10:14:32

In response to a request, Odebrecht Construction and other partners (including Zyscovich Architects) have released plans for a new commercial and medical development in association with FIU’s College of Medicine in and around the airport called Airport City at Miami International Airport.  The development hopes to work with the synergy of new and existing airport/transportation infrastructure, connecting [...] Related posts:Metrorail Expansion Begins Miami-Dade Transit and public offi