Miami Herald – Inspiration behind Miami’s Surf Club by Richard Meier & Partners 

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January 16, 2014

Miami Herald – Inspiration behind Miami’s Surf Club by Richard Meier & Partners 

From DeSimone:

“The Surf Club is being developed in Surfside, Florida, on a 600-foot long stretch of beach presently occupied by the Surf Club first developed in 1929. Portions of the original buildings, where amongst others, Winston Churchill would paint the seascape, will be incorporated into the new Richard Meier designed towers.”

This historic project was mentioned in the Miami Herald. Get an in-depth look at the design inspiration behind DeSimone’s Surf Club project with Richard Meier & Partners interview in this week’s Miami Herald. The historic high society private club will be transformed into a luxury-condo hotel with sleek glass midrise towers:

Richard Meier, the famed architect leading the reinvention of Surfside’s historic Surf Club, watches clouds drift by from the courtyard of the property, which opened on New Year’s Eve 1930 to host high society shindigs and by the 1950s had reached its celebrity-graced heyday…

The full article here:
http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/12/3866120/lunch-with-lydia-architect-richard.html