The Yotel hotel chain is known for its amenities that combine futuristic technology with a certain amount of cuteness. YotelPad Miami, a combo hotel/residential Yotel under construction just introduced its own techy thing: three robot butlers named Lulu.
The forthcoming Triptych Hilton Curio Collection Hotel, planned for the corner of 36th Street and N. Miami Avenue, across the street from Midtown Miami, is breaking ground in the second quarter of next year, according to Francisco Arocha, CEO of HES Group.
The Miami Beach Convention Center renovation, designed by Fentress Architects (lead architect), Arquitectonica (facade and associate architect), and West 8 (landscape architect) is finally nearing completion, in time for Art Basel Miami Beach this year. The architects released photographs of the completed portions of the transformed convention center, giving an inside and outside hint at what to expect. Elements like the rooftop ballroom, the West 8-designed park, and the grand west lobby are still in the works.
Here's a little construction milestone for ya. Hyde Beach House, the last section of the little cluster of mostly-Hyde-branded condominium projects straddling the Hallandale Beach/Hollywood Beach border developed by the Related Group, has reached fifty percent completion and is eighty percent sold out, according to a publicist for the project.
Edgewater, the large neighborhood lining Biscayne Bay immediately north of Miami’s urban core, is still booming. Seven residential condominium towers are either under construction or in closings, with multiple rental apartment buildings under construction as well, and a plethora of other buildings have opened within the last ten or so years.
Recently PBS featured the construction of One Thousand Museum, the curvacious, slightly crazy tower designed by legendary architect Zaha Hadid in Miami, on the documentary series 'Impossible Builds.'
The architecturally flamboyant Museum Parking Garage in the Miami Design District is almost done, and boy is it something else. Check out these pictures of the almost completed structure by Miami's truly great architectural photographer Robin Hill.
Boy, Lincoln Road has really jumped the shark. Look what's coming: Capital One Bank, known for its silly but rather jarringly un-Lincoln Road-ish "What's in Your Wallet?" commercials is apparently opening a cafe on Lincoln Road. Signage with the bank's logo and the word 'cafe' is clearly visible at the construction site.
The Miami Seaquarium is building itself a big snazzy new entrance. The grand fins, topped with flags, are currently under construction. It looks like they're bringing a little more MiMo back to the aquatic park. Check out the construction here.
