Barozzi Veiga-designed Oolite Arts complex hopes to become a new hub for Miami's growing artistic community

2022-04-13T19:46:00-04:00

Two years after beating out more than 100 different international firms and being named to its commission, Barcelona’s Estudio Barozzi Veiga has finally unveiled renderings of its new “signature building” for the nonprofit Oolite Arts in Miami.

The museum and educational center will offer space for artists and the community to enhance each other through an exchange created by the addition of the new village-like cultural hub, acting as an anchor to the increasingly trendy Little River Art District.

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The updated design appears to show an open-ended scheme with plenty of trees and other greenery dotting an oasis-like internal courtyard. Interior space is organized into repeated vertical elements with an influx of natural light providing framing for its office and exhibition spaces, two classrooms, a theater, and the 21 free studios promised as part of Oolite’s storied artist-in-residency program.

Image courtesy of Oolite Arts

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Architect of famed Miami Marine Stadium, Hilario Candela passes away at 87

2022-01-21T11:57:00-05:00

"Candela believed the campus buildings and the spaces between them were equally important. He described the campus master plans as “a small city of interconnected geometric masses and urban plazas,” and composed the buildings around structural systems of towering columns and cantilevers, connected by covered walkways."

Cuban American architect Hilario Candela passed away this week at the age of 87 due to complications with Covid-19. With his partner, Peter Spillis, who passed last year in March, the duo were pioneers in the development of Miami's architectural scene with their eponymous firm Spillis & Candela. But at the young age of 28, Candela created what will surely be remembered as his masterpiece; a poured concrete stadium with a sweeping geometric cantilevered roof known as the Miami Marine Stadium. Although the stadium sits idle today waiting for restoration efforts, it was once home to speed boat races, concerts, and many other activities along the waterfront at its location in Key Biscayne. The impressive structure was considered the longest cantilever in the world at the time of its creation, which Candela created in order for all 6000 plus seats to get a glimpse of the water and downtown Miami skyline. It has since been designated as a National Treasure from the National Trust of ...

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Barozzi Veiga-designed Oolite Arts complex hopes to become a new hub for Miami's growing artistic community

Architect of famed Miami Marine Stadium, Hilario Candela passes away at 87