architecture

The project addresses an urgent crisis: historic Black spaces are vanishing far faster than public institutions recognize them.

The University of Miami hosted the Embassy of Denmark for a panel on waterfront development. Both coastal areas are under threat from rising sea levels.

The home base for the New World Symphony orchestral academy opened in 2011

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Paris showcase that gave the world Art Deco. Miami Beach celebrates the anniversary with an unlikely city 9,000 miles away: Mumbai, India.

Miami-based development firm GFO Investments published renderings of a proposed multi-use high-rise it wants to build on the Miami-Dade courthouse property. “I honestly at first I thought it was like an April Fool's joke or some sort of an AI meme," a preservationist told WLRN.

George Neary is serving as interim executive director for the Miami Design Preservation League after Daniel Ciraldo stepped down to run for a Miami Beach Commission post.

The proposal to restore the Harriet Himmel Theater in CityPlace, in West Palm Beach, calls for wiping out one of the most prominent characteristics of the 1926 church: the entry stairway on the building’s north end.

The city of Opa-Locka celebrates its first MENA Fest with the opening of the Opa-Locka Heritage Trail, an interpretive historic trail installation.

Florida architects designing high-end houses for wealthy, climate-conscious buyers have started working cooling techniques that were once common into their contemporary designs.

Miami Beach is known for its colorful Art Deco buildings. But more and more, only real estate developers are willing to spend the money it takes to preserve them — if they can build a tall, high-end residential tower on the property. This strategy saves at least part of the old buildings but changes the skyline forever. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special. WLRN's Verónica Zaragovia reports on the simmering tensions over historic preservation in an evolving city — throughout the last century and today.

Developers are willing to pay for pricey Art Deco building repairs — if they can build a lucrative condo tower nearby. Preservationists fear this will destroy what makes Miami Beach special.

A team of designers and engineers are constructing a first-of-its-kind 3D-printed home. They think of it as a pilot project in pursuit of building cheaper, well-designed multifamily homes.