Peter Marino exhibition opens in Miami
Design Miami 2014: an exhibition opens today at the Bass Museum of Art celebrating the work of flamboyant American architect Peter Marino – the recipient of Design Miami's inaugural Design Visionary award. More
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Latin American Art Museum by Fernando Romero revealed for downtown Miami
News: Mexican architect Fernando Romero has unveiled his design for a Latin American art museum in Miami – the so-called "capital of Latin America" – during this week's Art Basel and Design Miami events (+ movie). More
Buckminster Fuller's Fly's Eye Dome installed in Miami Design District
Design Miami 2014: a domed structure conceived by American Neo-Futuristic architect Buckminster Fuller as an "autonomous dwelling machine" has been installed in the Miami Design District. More
Massimo Uberti sculpts neon tubes into a room for Bentley
Design Miami 2014: Italian artist Massimo Uberti has bent neon tubes into the shape of a room for an installation commissioned by British motor company Bentley (+ slideshow). More
Craig Robins: "The one thing you can't do is replace something truly historical"
Dezeen Book of Interviews: with Design Miami kicking off in a few days, this week's extract from our new book is an interview with the fair's co-founder Craig Robins, who explained his role in helping transform Miami from a run-down resort into a major cultural centre. More
Landmark architecture helps turn Miami into the "capital of Latin America"
Feature: international architects are leading Miami's transforming from a retirement resort into a major cultural destination, according to architects and developers working in the city (+ slideshow). More
OMA reveals trio of "peanut-shaped" towers for Miami's Coconut Grove
News: OMA's New York office has unveiled plans to build three residential towers beside the bay in Miami's Coconut Grove neighbourhood. Practice partner Shohei Shigematsu explains the design to Dezeen in an exclusive interview (+ slideshow). More
Studio Gang joins rising tide of architects building in Miami
News: Chicago-based Studio Gang is following in the footsteps of OMA, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid by becoming the latest architect to design a residential building for Miami (+ slideshow). More
David Beckham unveils seafront stadium proposal for Miami port
News: football star David Beckham has unveiled proposals to build a 25,000-seat stadium for his new Major League Soccer (MLS) team on the waterfront in Miami. More
Craig Robins: "Furniture companies key to regenerating Miami Design District"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in the second part of our interview with Craig Robins, the Miami property developer explains how bringing back furniture showrooms was the catalyst for transforming the city's derelict Design District into the thriving luxury shopping destination it is today. More
Craig Robins: people thought Miami’s Art Deco buildings "should be torn down"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: property developer Craig Robins discusses his role in transforming Miami’s South Beach from a rundown retirement village into a glamorous holiday destination in this movie filmed during Design Miami last year. Update: this interview is featured in Dezeen Book of Interviews, which is on sale now for £12. More
Terence Riley: Miami was actually "laid out as a pedestrian city"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: architect Terence Riley takes us on a tour of downtown Miami and says that redevelopment of the historic area has coincided with a new emphasis on outdoor living in the city. More
Green wall pioneer Patrick Blanc: "Now everybody is doing vertical gardens"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in this exclusive interview with vertical gardens pioneer Patrick Blanc, the French botanist discusses his hanging gardens for Herzog & de Meuron's new Pérez Art Museum in Miami and reflects on why vertical gardens have become so popular. More
OMA and Foster to work alongside Hollywood duo on Miami Beach
Design Miami 2013: architects OMA and Foster + Partners will work alongside Hollywood power-couple Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin to create a new ocean-side cultural quarter at Miami Beach in Florida, it was unveiled during Design Miami earlier this month (+ slideshow). More
Jacques Herzog: The Pérez Art Museum "is a naked structure"
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron explains how the Pérez Art Museum Miami was designed so that everything is visible and there is no strict barrier between inside and outside, in our second movie from Miami. More
Car elevators in Porsche Design's Miami tower will give billionaires drive-in apartments
News: a tower under construction in Miami by Porsche Design and Dezer Development is to feature car elevators, allowing some of the world's wealthiest people to park right next to their living rooms (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron is "deconstructing stupid architecture" in Miami
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: in our first movie from Miami, Jacques Herzog of Herzog & de Meuron claims the Swiss architecture studio is trying to create a "new vernacular for Miami" that eschews sealed, air-conditioned buildings in favour of more "transparent or permeable" structures. More
A pile of sand marks the entrance to Design Miami
Design Miami 2013: giant mound of sand appears to support an aluminium roof at New York studio Formlessfinder's Tent Pile installation outside this year's Design Miami fair, which opens to the public today (+ slideshow). More
Herzog & de Meuron's Pérez Art Museum creates new "vernacular" for Miami
Design Miami 2013: here's a preview of the nearly completed Pérez Art Museum Miami by Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron, which opens tomorrow to coincide with the Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach collectors' fairs, and which suggests a new "kind of vernacular" for the city according to Jacques Herzog (+ slideshow + photography is by Iwan Baan). More
Sou Fujimoto designs new building for Miami Design District
News: Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto has unveiled his design for a mixed-use retail building as part of the developing Miami Design District. More