Photo(from chayofrank.com) In 1967, architect Chayo Frank was tasked with designing an office building for his father’s architectural woodworking and store fixture manufacturing business, Amertec-Granada Inc. With the use of sprayed concrete construction, he was able to have his design plan realized which involved a combination free-form aesthetics; parts of the building were completely free-form [...]
Photo(Bullet, 2013): Since the last time I visited the stadium, it has gone from bad to worse. Two years ago, I wrote about the Marine Marine Stadium, abandoned by the city of Miami after they condemned the stadium as unsafe, though that was later proved false after further inspections and was most likely abandoned for [...]
Photo(Bullet, 2011): The 6,566 seat stadium was built on land donated for “water sports” such as hydroplane racing, but was later used for other sporting events and concerts. Designed by architect Hilario Candela, a 28-year-old recent immigrant from Cuba, the stadium was built on Virginia Key as the United States’ first stadium purposely-built for powerboat [...]
Photo: A postcard of the Walburne Hotel, before it became La Villa Luisa First built in 1946, the Walburne Hotel stood at 125 Ocean Drive on South Beach. The architecture was a typical example of MiMo, or Miami Modern, influenced by both Art Deco and the Streamline Modern periods. In the early-1980s, the hotel was [...]