2024-05-01T18:13:24-04:00 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 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <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;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ab/ab3d599c04dd4a57d3704ea0cc96237f.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&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> https://archinect.com/news/article/149976682/cars-in-the-sky-thom-faulders-of-faulders-studio-talks-miami-s-slick-parking-garages-and-globalized-design-on-archinect-sessions-87 Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-11-03T14:35:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ql/qlpz80nxu3m2f63p.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Joining Miami's proud tradition of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149976153/floridians-may-not-see-eye-to-eye-politically-but-they-all-agree-parking-garages-are-awesome" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">statement-parking projects</a>&nbsp;by the likes of Herzog &amp; de Meuron and Gehry Partners, <a href="http://archinect.com/firms/cover/56625044/faulders-studio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Faulders Studio</a>&nbsp;has a new garage-facade design set for Miami's formerly industrial Wynwood Arts District. Faulders joined us on the podcast to talk about the potentials of parking structures for local urbanism, the role of street art in the neighborhood, and how Miami is becoming a must-build place for globalized design.</p><p><img alt="" src="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55f8d65ce4b091a20892a7df/562923e6e4b001a55c40e83a/56292596e4b0629aedc070f5/1445537178233/IMG_0164_Neox-Image_Photography-Studio_Portrait_Headshot_Photographer_Miami_Michelle-Citrin-David-Lloyd.jpg?format=2500w"></p><p><em>One of the many uses of Herzog &amp; de Meuron's parking garage, 1111 Lincoln Road in Miami &uarr;</em></p><p>Check out images of Faulders Studio's parking garage below (courtesy of Faulders Studio).</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;episode 87 of&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Archinect Sessions</strong></a>, "Cars in the Sky":</p><ul></ul><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/archinect-sessions/id928222819" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen</a>, and click the "Subscribe" button below the logo to automatically download new episodes.</li><li><strong>Apple Podcast App (iOS)</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="pcast://archinect.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to subscribe</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscribe with any of your favorite podcasting apps via our RSS feed:&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://archinect.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Downl...</strong></li></ul>