Arquitectonica

Arquitectonica (http://www.arquitectonica.com/) is a Miami-based architecture, interior design and planning firm led by Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear. The 400-person firm has offices in Miami, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Madrid, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila, Lima, Sao Paulo, and Buenos Aires. Affiliate Arquitectonica GEO provides landscape architecture services. Arquitectonica has extensive experience in designing major retail and shopping destinations, including: Florida's 2.35 million-square-foot Sawgrass Mills; Hong Kong's 1.5 million-square-foot Festival Walk; New York's Manhattan Mall; Washington, D.C.'s Gallery Place. Also in Asia are 4.85 million-square- foot Taikoo Hui Shopping Mall/Mixed-Use Development (Guangzhou, China) and the 5.33-million-square-foot AIG International Finance Center (Seoul). Entertainment centers include Shanghai's Zendai Forum and retail streets like Wilshire Vermont (Los Angeles). Arquitectonica's exterior designs establish identity and deliver the message of shopping excellence. The retail interiors provide memorable space, clarity of circulation, visual stimulation -- and maximum exposure of merchandise. Arquitectonica has won numerous awards for its work, including Florida Firm of the Year and prestigious "Test-of-Time" Awards from the AIA for the Banco de Credito Headquarters and The Atlantis condominium. Its designs have been featured in 3,000 publications and major museum exhibitions globally, and a new book, Arquitectonica, by Beth Dunlop.