| MIAMI, FL – December 18, 2023 – Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners (BBB), an internationally acclaimed architecture, planning, and design firm, is excited to announce its expansion in Florida. With the opening of an office in Miami, the firm is proud to demonstrate its commitment to the preservation and evolution of Miami’s vibrant urban fabric and to creating spaces that empower people throughout Florida.
The firm’s current Florida work includes renewal projects for the Vizcaya Museum & Gardens in Miami and the Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach, and new construction for the Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity and the affordable housing community Catchlight Crossings in Orlando. Also in design is a high-rise mixed-use residential tower at 721 NW 1st Avenue in Miami, in collaboration with Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, Inc. and developed by the Witkoff Group. |
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| Catchlight Crossings, Orlando, FL |
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| BBB’s diverse work is unified by a persistent exploration of historic, cultural, and civic meaning, with a design sensibility that reflects the materials and technology of today. Planning, historic preservation, and the design of new buildings are the fundamental underpinnings of the firm’s practice, and many projects involve the stewardship of historic buildings in sensitive urban sites—the work for which BBB has become best recognized. |
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| Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity, Orlando, FL |
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| Beyer Blinder Belle’s Miami office, located at 800 Brickell Avenue, is strategically positioned to facilitate collaboration with clients and partners throughout the region. This new location builds on the firm’s previous experience in Florida, including planning projects for the Miami Beach Civic and Convention Center, downtown Fort Lauderdale, and downtown Tallahassee. Today, BBB brings not only its foundational strengths in planning and in contemporary design in historic contexts, but also its extensive experience in high-rise residential design, which encompasses creative, detailed craftmanship in more than 3,000 residential units recently completed or in design and construction—including Witkoff developments’ The Brook in downtown Brooklyn and, in collaboration with Ian Schrager and Herzog & de Meuron, the PUBLIC Hotel and condominiums at 215 Chrystie Street in New York. |
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| The Brook, Brooklyn, NY; Central Place, Rosslyn, VA; ICONIQ 777, Newark, NJ; Hudson Exchange Phase II, Jersey City, NJ |
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| Media Contact:
Dalia Stoniene
dalia@bluemdium.com
212.875.1600
About Beyer Blinder Belle
Founded in 1968, Beyer Blinder Belle Architects and Planners (BBB) is an award-winning architecture, planning, and interiors practice with 175 professionals in New York City, Washington DC, Boston, and Miami. The firm’s multi-faceted portfolio encompasses adaptive reuse and rehabilitation, urban design, and new construction across a wide spectrum of building typologies and sectors, including cultural, civic, educational, residential, and commercial projects.
BBB has long been recognized for the revitalization of nationally celebrated buildings and urban sites, including the US Capitol, Washington Monument, and Kennedy Center; the adaptive reuse of urban sites such as Colony Square in Atlanta, GA; cultural institutions such as the Smithsonian; planning studies for institutions including the College of Charleston and commercial developments in Greenville and Charleston, SC; and contemporary mixed-use and residential projects throughout the Southeast, including the 100% affordable Catchlight Crossings in Orlando.
BBB has been recognized with the American Institute of Architects Firm Award, three Presidential Design Awards, two TIME Magazine Design of the Year Awards, and hundreds of additional accolades for excellence in design and planning.
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