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Bernardo Fort-Brescia

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

He put his Ivy League education to good use and founded Arquitectonica in 1977. Within two years, the company was making waves. The Atlantis on Brickell, designed by Fort- Brescia and team, showed up in the opening credits for Miami Vice, and ever since, his unique style (often described as “tropical modernism”) has defined the …

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Richard Meier

Sunday, January 22nd, 2012

The “starchitect” is the brainchild behind the three glass towers amongst the brownstones in the West Village at 173 and 176 Perry Street and 165 Charles Street, which have attracted celebrity inhabitants such as Martha Stewart, Natalie Portman, and Calvin Klein.

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Frank Gehry

Saturday, January 21st, 2012

Gehry is perhaps most famous for his design of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, but Angelenos know him for the Walt Disney Concert Hall, which opened in 2003 and was quickly recognized as perhaps his greatest work, not only for the originality of its design, but for its functionality. The acoustics of the hall were …

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Chad Oppenheim

Monday, January 16th, 2012

In the eight years since its inception, Oppenheim’s firm has accumulated more than $6 billion in projects and has won more than 14 American Institute of Architects awards. Today Oppenheim has partnered with Audi and landscape architect Enzo Enea to donate a new entrance to Simson Park, one of South Florida’s last natural hardwood hammock …

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