Overall Hotel
East, Miami, Studio Collective and Arquitectonica – Merit Award of Excellence
The Betsy South Beach Hotel, Shulman + Associates – Honor Award of Excellence
Hotel Guest Suite
W South Beach Hotel, Costas Kondylis & Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates, Inc. – Merit Award of Excellence
FAENA Miami Beach, Office of Metropolitan Architecture – Honor Award of Excellence
Hotel Guestroom
1 Hotel South Beach, Kobi Karp Architecture & Associates and Meyer Davis – Honor Award of Excellence
The Vagabond, DB Lewis Architect – Honorable Mention
Hotel Nightclub, Bar, Lounge
Sugar at East Miami, Studio Collective and Arquitectonica – Honorable Mention
Hotel Lobby/Reception
1 Hotel South Beach, Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, Inc. and Meyer Davis – Honor Award of Excellence
The Miami Beach EDITION, Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates, Inc. – Honor Award of Excellence
Hotel Outdoor Divine Detail
1 Hotel South Beach, Kobi Karp Architecture & Associates and Meyer Davis – Merit Award of Excellence
The Miami Beach EDITION, Nichols Brosch Wurst Wolfe & Associates, Inc. – Honor Award of Excellence
The Betsy South Beach, Shulman + Associates – Honor Award of Excellence
The Vagabond, DB Lewis Architect – Honorable Mention
Hotel Spa/Fitness Area
Tierra Santa Healing House, Office of Metropolitan Architecture – Merit Award of Excellence
Hotel Restaurant
Beachcraft at 1 Hotel South Beach, Kobi Karp Architecture & Interior Design, Inc. and Mayer Davis – Honor Award of Excellence
Talde, Workshop/APD – Honorable Mention
Quinto La Huella at East Miami, Studio Collective and Arquitectonica – Merit Award of Excellence
Non-Hotel Restaurant Upscale
Quality Meats, Norberto Rosenstein – Merit Award of Excellence
Best Overall People’s Choice Hotel
East, Miami, Studio Collective and Arquitectonica
Special Commendation
The Vagabond Hotel
The Betsy Hotel South Beach
Our Judges
Linda Lentz is a senior editor at Architectural Record, responsible for the Record Interiors issue Interiors page, the quarterly lighting sections, and such special issue sections as Schools of the 21st Century and Good Design is Good Business. She joined RECORD in 2008. Previously, the Brooklyn native worked as a freelance writer and editor covering design, materials, and products for numerous design and shelter publications — including Interior Design, Metropolitan Home, Robb Report, This Old House, Building Products, RECORD, and its spin-off My House. This followed 10 years as Articles Editor at Home Magazine. She holds an M.A. from NYU and a B.F.A. from Pratt Institute.
read more.Alastair Gordon is an award-winning critic and author who has written regularly about art and architecture for many publications including the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Gordon teaches critical writing at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design and has published several critically acclaimed books including Naked Airport, Weekend Utopia, and Romantic Modernist. He lives with his family in Miami.
read more.Stacy Shoemaker Rauen is a well-respected and talented editor and writer, and is the editor in chief for Hospitality Design (HD) magazine, the leading publication for the industry. Besides overseeing the content and direction of the magazine, Rauen—who has been with the magazine for 14 years—is a noted speaker at industry events, and as an avid tracker of trends, places, projects, and people, she puts together panels at HD's conferences, and has been quoted in various respected media outlets including CNBC and the Washington Post. She is also the founder of HD's CitySCENE, a networking event series held in metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. and internationally, meant to connect design professionals in each market, as well as NextGen Forum, a conference for the next generation of hospitality design leaders. She holds two degrees from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, including a master's in journalism.
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