Introducing Archinect's Spotlight on Miami

After spending January focusing on Los Angeles, Archinect is shifting its focus to Florida with a month-long Spotlight on Miami. 

As the largest city in Florida and one of the largest cities in the United States, Miami offers a view into a unique—and rapidly changing—segment of the American building industry. Filled with a growing set of speculative building projects and burgeoning creative districts while simultaneously already experiencing many of the impacts of climate change-induced gentrification, the city offers up a preview of what could become America’s near-future urban condition. Simultaneously, however, the city offers a diverse set of growing architectural practices, educational institutions, and advocacy organizations that are pushing to bring quality and thoughtfulness to Miami’s built environment. These conflicting trajectories highlight the power, relevance, and preeminence of Miami’s built environment. 

This month, we’ll bring you interviews with local architecture ...