Stories written by DAVID Rifkind

Miami Beach Cinematheque

Miami Beach Cinematheque

The Miami Beach Cinematheque, which opened its new location in the city’s historic City Hall building two years ago, is an architectural gem that is also a model of how adaptive reuse can advance the cause of historic preservation. Dana Keith founded the Cinematheque in 2003 in order to establish a new cultural institution that [...]

Excellent On So Many Levels

Excellent On So Many Levels

  1111 Lincoln Road raises the bar impossibly high for architects in South Florida. On numerous levels, this may be the most sophisticated building in the region. And yet it’s just a garage, which means that for most of us practicing in the area, our work won’t even compare favorably to a pile of rented [...]

Flash Urbanism at New World Symphony

Flash Urbanism at New World Symphony

Miami Beach SoundScape is the most successful public space built in South Florida since the construction of the adjacent Lincoln Road Mall in the 1960s. Conceived as an anteroom and complement to the New World Symphony’s new concert hall, SoundScape includes an outdoor projection theater that brings indoor performances into the park at the corner [...]