Demolition is about to begin at the Lincoln Road site where a high-tech Nike Store will be built. The multi-level store will feature a rooftop basketball court, running track and event space. The exterior will be clad in ductal concrete that will be illuminated with an LED lighting system. Touzet Studio is the architect. Source
This 38-story condominium tower was designed by Carlos Prio-Touzet and Jacqueline Gonzalez while at Schapiro and Associates. This project marked the first design collaboration of Touzet Studio’s Founding Principals and exhibits many of the qualities of design storytelling, sculptural modernity, and the attention to detail that have become the major focus of their own studio.
PROJECT: 800 LINCOLN ROAD BUILDING The ArtCenter South Florida’s former 800 Lincoln Road Building, which originally was Miami Beach’s first Burdines Department Store and only the second store in the former chain’s history, is getting a well-designed restoration and expansion by developer Tri-Star Capital that will likely return it to retail use. Once you’ve gotten…
PROJECT: ARTCENTER EXPANSION 800 Lincoln Road, recently vacated by ArtCenter, is set for an extreme makeover. Developer South Beach TriStar 800 LLC has hired Touzet Studio to oversee a renovation and expansion of the historic building. The real estate investment arm of Germany’s Commerzbank AG controls an entity that owns the 17,642-square-foot building, which sold for $88 million…
PROJECT: RALEIGH HOTEL RENOVATIONS It’s official. South Beach’s historic Raleigh Hotel is about to get even swankier. None other than Macy’s fashion section maven Tommy Hilfiger bought the place up back in April 2014 with plans to convert the hotel into a private club/hotel hybrid. Yesterday, Hilfiger and his business partners won approval from the…
PROJECT: LINCOLN ROAD NIKE STORE Floridian sneakerheads rejoice, for Nike is angling to build a colossal new flagship store, complete with rooftop track and basketball court, on Miami’s Lincoln Road. The 31,500-square-foot space is to be designed by Touzet Studio and is rumored to sport a mesh facade complete with LED lighting, with two floors of retail space topped by…
Lincoln Road is in such a state of content flux that even national chain stores that have sat on the strip for more than a decade can’t keep up. William Sonoma and Pottery Barn, neighboring chain stores in the 1000 block of Lincoln that share a corporate parent company, will close shop on March 22nd.…
The building housing The Pottery Barn and Williams-Sonoma at 1035 Lincoln Road will be demolished and replaced with a two-story Nike Store, under plans submitted by the Fryd family and the Comras family, the owners of the property. The existing building is not considered to be historic, but it replicates some features of the historic building that…
PROJECTS: BROWN JORDAN FLAGSHIP STORE It’s pretty hard for new buildings to compete for attention in the mega-hyped Design District in the midst of Dacra’s billion plus ultra-luxe developments, the new ICA museum, and Enrique Norten’s Design 41, but there are indeed a number of smaller noteworthy District retail projects underway. Highly acclaimed Touzet Studio…
Lincoln Road’s big new Gap store had its grand opening last night, with Racked Miami on the scene. As they say, it’s nice, which is totally what was expected considering its designers were the fabulous Touzet Studio. And we’re not saying that because they bought Curbed a $28 steak when we did lunch a couple months ago. Haha. But the…
