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Welcome to the Big Bubble MIAMI. The Big Bubble is edited by Sean McCaughan. Sean was the Founding Editor of Curbed Miami at miami.curbed.com, a position he held for three and a half years, and has written extensively about the real estate, development, architecture, design, art, and culture of South Florida and beyond. You can find more of his writing at seanmccaughan.com. For Big Bubble-related inquiries, you can reach him at sean@thebigbubblemiami.com. For other writing and copywriting inquiries, please email spmccaughan@gmail.com. Thank you.

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A Deep Dive Into the Renderings, Floor Plans, and Details of The Solar-Powered Residences at 1428 Brickell

The Residences at 1428 Brickell were officially unveiled last week by development firm Ytech with a bunch of generally similar posts dropping on various real estate and business news outlets around South Florida, based on a press release emailed to everyone by the developer's public relations team slightly earlier that day, just like countless unveilings have done before.

Supertall Waldorf-Astoria Breaks Ground Downtown; Will The UDB Expand Yet Again?

A roundup of South Florida's latest real estate news:

Robert Rivani, Who Bought The Retail Space at Zaha Hadid’s One Thousand Museum, Has a “Game Of Thrones” Themed House

A few days ago, the Wall Street Journal published a tour of real estate investor Robert Rivani's Beverly Hills Home, a place inspired by a curious mashup of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, and Alice in Wonderland.

Key Biscayne’s New Library; A Massive Megaproject Is Coming To Tiny North Bay Village

A roundup of the latest South Florida real estate and neighborhood news from around the web:

A Close Look at Stuart Miller’s Mindblowing Star Island Compound, Which Just Won Planning Approval

Last week, the Miami Beach Design Review Board approved Stuart Miller's latest Star Island mega-mansion, a gigantic mashup of a Bond villain lair, the Batcave, a Balinese resort, and even the faint whiff of a brutalist office building thrown for sheer shock and awe.

Max Strang Creates A Tropical Modernist Miami Home With Bold Brazilian Influences

Known for modernist designs rooted in the subtropicality of South Florida, one of architect Max Strang's most recent works was recently featured in the pages of Interior Design Magazine.

Charles Sieger’s Notoriously Ugly Modern Castle In The Redlands Is On The Market Again

One of the most bizarrely unsettling homes in Miami, a massive castle designed to look very much like a brutalist middle school where capital punishment is still used to keep the students militantly in line, is back on the market for just under $20 million. For the last three months Chateau Artisan, as it is known, has been back out there as a live listing on the MLS for the first time since 2014. Located at 25791 SW 167th Ave, in Homestead, the home was "built to resemble a modern French Chateau" by architect Charles Sieger, who designed it for himself.