S+A projects Soho Beach House and The Betsy were featured on nymag.com, The Strategist, “Where 20 Stylish People Always Stay in Miami” by Chadner Navarro.
The Betsy -Carlton (2017) - S+A was the architect, Diamante Pedersoli & Carmelina Santoro were the interior designers.Soho Beach House (2010) - S+A was the architect, Ilse Crawford and later Martin Brudnizki Studio were the interior designers.
The S+A -designed hotels Betsy South Beach (left), completed in 2017, and Soho Beach House (right), completed in 2010, have captured the #2 and #3 spots on the Travel & Leisure 2020 World’s Best Hotels/Miami Beach.
Photos by Robin Hill
Read MoreShulman + Associates was again named one of Architect’s Newspaper Top 50 Interior Architects for 2019. AN created the list to celebrate practices in the US that “demonstrate novel and exciting approaches that push the envelope in how we inhabit residential, hospitality, retail, and workspaces.” S+A is the only practice in the Southeast to be recognized.
Read MoreArchitects Newspaper brought their Facades+ AM conference to Miami on October 4, 2018. Allan Shulman was co-chair for the event with the newspaper and organized three panels of speakers.
“Tropical architecture has constantly tested and expanded the limits of traditional thinking about architecture. The power of rain, sun, wind, and humidity are determinative. Beyond objective criteria, the question of identity in the tropical world has inspired countless iterations of adaptive architecture. The idea of tropical architecture seems relevant once again. Shedding Skin: new approaches to making facades in the tropical world will examine how practices in this dynamic area are changing and engaging new paradigms.”
AHEAD has announced the new hotels across North and South America that are up for awards in 12 categories, with four entries shortlisted in each. S+A's Betsy Hotel South Beach was named a contender in the Hotel Renovation & Restoration category. Winners will be announced on 12 June 2018 at a gala at Faena Forum in Miami Beach, FL.
The Orb at the Betsy-Carlton Hotel by Shulman + Associates. Photo (c) Robin Hill
Shulman + Associates is the only firm in Florida on the inaugural list of 'Top 50 Interior Architects' selected by Architect's Newspaper. For interior architecture projects including MOOD Lifeclub, the Miami Center for Architecture + Design, the Lindemann Residence and the Baumann Cosmetic & Research Institute, the jury said of the firm,
"Shulman + Associates draw on the history, materials, and culture of South Florida to formulate vibrant, innovative commercial and residential interiors."
This new residence features several works commissioned by the owner, including this integrated sculptural stair by Martin Creed. The artist and architect worked closely on the detailing of this stunning piece. Photo by Emilio Collavino.
The recently completed S+A renovation of the historic Fairwind Hotel received the preservation award in the 'Stabilization, Renovation, and Restoration' category. Alongside it, the Billboard Building completed in 2017, was awarded in the 'Adaptive Use' category. Both S+A projects are noted for the revitalization and use of historic buildings as a conceptual foundation for designs that both preserve the historic and integrate new solutions.
photos by Emilio Collavino
S+A's Billboard Building was recognized with an honorable mention for the Architect's Newspaper 2017 Best of Design Awards, Renovation Category. The building, which was completed in 2016, now houses the first US branch of the Italian fashion school Istituto Marangoni.
photo by Emilio Collavino
Photo by Emilio Collavino
The Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida) presented Allan Shulman FAIA with the 2017 Gold Medal. The Gold Medal is the highest honor given by AIA Florida, recognizing an architect who has distinguished him/herself in a manner resulting in a profound impact of the profession over an extended period of time.
The firm's new home for longtime client George Lindemann Jr. is the cover feature in the January 2017 issue of Architectural Digest: "This Modern Home in Miami Beach is Perfect for a Collector and his Family," article by Sarah Harrelson with photos by Francois Dischinger.
Allan's latest book Building Bacardi: Architecture, Art & Identity has been published by Rizzoli. Talks are planned for Miami, NYC and Mexico City. Pictured here, Beth Dunlop in conversation with Allan at the first book launch event, Soho Beach House, 28 July. Thanks to S2H Communication for organizing!
Books are available at Books & Books and Amazon.
Shulman + Associates' Director of Operations Elizabeth Cox and Senior Project Manager Yovanna Alvarez have both been named Associates for their leadership within the firm. Yovanna has worked to mentor younger staff, implementing ARE study groups and other educational programming. Liz has led the operations of the office with a steady yet flexible approach for over a decade. Congratulations to both!
Join us for the closing of Meetinghouse exhibit #6, featuring the work of Shulman + Associates: “In Situ: Points of Departure.”
Tomorrow, Saturday February 13, 12 noon – 3:00 PM.
Allan was a guest on Tom Ashbrook's 11/19/15 show, Miami's Boom (and Climate Doom?), and talked about adapting to, rather than mitigating, the effects of sea level rise.
In the November issue of Vanity Fair, Allan was interviewed extensively by writer David Kamp for his piece Can Miami Beach Survive Global Warming?
From the Vanity Fair piece: THE FUTURE An artist's conception of what encroaching water could do to the mid-beach area. Photo-Illustration by Darrow; © Richard Cavalleri/Shutterstock (Mid-Beach).
December 2, Bisazza, Miami Design District: The Italian interiors and design magazine INTERNI invited Allan to talk about the firm's work as part of a series of "Design Encounters" during Art Basel Miami Beach.
Architects must consider a variety of conditions to arrive at the point of departure for any design. Starting with urban and architectural strategies, extending to practical economic, programming and environmental concerns. These conditions engender opportunities to be declaratory, synthetic, representational, or analytical. There is no formula. Whether quickly apparent or determined after many iterations, these points of departure become the essence of a given project. In themselves, they pose challenges of detailing, construction and function. Extrapolated, unmoored from context and constraint, they can make compelling abstractions. Working in the urban districts of Miami and Miami Beach over the past 20 years, the architecture firm S+A has had the opportunity to explore the development of site-specific strategies through the lens of urban design, building typology, regionalism, and historic preservation. Miami’s highly compressed cycles of build and bust have created a rich source for this investigation, each cycle leaving intelligible layers, frequently in juxtaposition. Such a city feels incipient: an excellent laboratory for the firm’s work. Our place, the level we most love to engage, is the small-to-midsize project, where urban infill and adaptive use projects merge into the fabric of the city itself. In this context, our work aspires to ideas like succession, prolongation, layering, sequencing, and assemblage.
In the July 2015 issue, Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort was featured as a hospitality building type study. In the piece, S+A principal Allan Shulman describes the design process for a hotel program whose scale and exurban context were unique to a firm that concentrates in boutique, urban projects. S+A served as Design Architect; Lindsay Pope Brayfield Clifford & Associates, Architect of Record; Daroff Design, Interior Design & Architecture (also interviewed). See the online version of the piece here, along with photos of the project by Robin Hill and Garrett Rowland.
The Dade Heritage Trust awarded 910 Lincoln Road/AllSaints Spitalfields with Outstanding Achievement in the Restoration of a Historic Resource. Designed by Walter C. De Garmo in 1929, the Mediterranean Revival structure’s monumental front façade and nave-like interior space infuses commercial space with a reverential quality. The building’s restoration and transformation back to (original) retail use by S+A was motivated by a desire to preserve this dual quality while adapting the space to a new AllSaints Spitalfields store.
Opa-Locka Historic Airport Hangar 102 was awarded a Citation of Merit for The Docomomo US Modernism in America Awards, the only national program focused on preserving and rehabilitating significant mid-century modern architecture.
Read more about the award here.
Allan Shulman will be serving as a panelist for "Bringing Hospitality to North Beach" on Thursday, 2/26, presented by The Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association and The City of Miami Beach Mayor's Blue Ribbon Panel on North Beach Revitalization.
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
8:30AM - 9:00AM breakfast
9:00AM - 10:30AM panel discussion
To RSVP, please contact Faheemah Khan: fkhan@gmbha.com.
