Billboard Building

Miami Design District, Florida | 2016

Located at the entrance to Miami’s Design District, at the intersection of I-195 and NE 2nd Avenue (the district’s N-S main street), the Billboard Building exploits its location to maximum effect. The project combines a 3-story 1920s commercial building with a slender addition that rises more than 90 feet. The addition embraces the old building, with the wrapper forming a billboard that faces the highway corridor on one side, and an art-wall that faces the district on the other. The architectural integration of the two buildings contrasts the ornate stucco façade of the original with the transparent, scenographic qualities of the tower. The renowned Italian fashion school Istituto Marangoni became the building's sole tenant in 2018.

Architect: Shulman + Associates
Interiors for Istituto Marangoni: Studiokhom
Furnishings: Cappellini Official
Landscape Architect: Naturalficial
Photographer: Emilio Collavino

Client: AKORP Holdings / Istituto Marangoni Miami

Awards:

2018 Dade Heritage Trust Annual Preservation Award
2017 AIA Architect's Newspaper Honorable Mention/Renovation
2017 AIA Miami Honor Award /Built >50k SF
2017 AIA Florida Honor Award
2014 AIA Florida Award of Excellence, unbuilt