2024-11-21T12:52:16-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150182758/faulders-studio-s-striking-facade-adds-rowdy-patterning-to-miami-s-wynwood-arts-district Katherine Guimapang 2020-02-07T13:36:00-05:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/27/2709c1a0da0e1334c7d70e38fcd4da45.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In recent years,&nbsp;thanks to advances in material specification, graphic appliqu&eacute;, and building technologies, large, anonymous buildings around the country have been converted into canvases for designers and artists through new experiments in <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150138056/the-power-of-the-facade-french-2d-explains-how-facades-are-punctuations-on-the-urban-landscape" target="_blank">facade design</a>. Oakland-based architecture practice <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/56625044/faulders-studio" target="_blank">Faulders Studio</a>&nbsp;has helped transform an 8-story building, designed by Wolfber Alvarez &amp; Partners, into a striking visual beacon in Miami's artsy Wynwood district, offering one example of this new approach.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wynwood is not only the home of Miami's arts district, but is also the area with the largest concentration of street art in the United States. With the new architectural skin Thom Faulders and his team created for this 250,000 mixed-use building, it's non-repeating pattern adds to the district's lively and creative environment. </p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ab/ab3d599c04dd4a57d3704ea0cc96237f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ab/ab3d599c04dd4a57d3704ea0cc96237f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image &copy; Moris Moreno. Courtesy of Goldman Properties/Faulders Studio.</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://archinect.com/features/article/149976858/faulders-studio-s-wynwood-facade-highlights-street-art-in-miami-s-dynamic-parking-structure-scene" target="_blank">Archinect's previous coverage of the project back in 2016</a> focused on the project's aim to integrat...</p>