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In 2003, NBWW completed a major $200 million restoration and renovation of the iconic hotel. Key concern was maintaining the exterior curves, sweeping lines, and pastel accents of the “MiMo” design style, and Lapidus’s original design. In 2017, Hurricane Irma struck South Florida and forced the hotel to close its doors from extensive water damage. Parent company Marriott International, Inc. took the closure as a chance to renovate the property’s interior spaces from top to bottom. Two years and $90…

Met 2 was the second phase of the Metropolitan Miami project completed. It contains the Wells Fargo office tower and the luxury hotels, JW Marriott Marquis Miami and Hotel Beaux Arts Miami. From MDM Group: Met 2 – JW Marriott Marquis Miami, Hotel Beaux Arts Miami, db Bistro Moderne and Wells Fargo Tower The JW Marriott Marquis Miami contains 313 guest rooms; 80,000 square feet of meeting space; a state-of-the-art entertainment complex with an NBA-approved basketball court and virtual bowling…

Super Bowl organizers booked $1 million worth of rooms for National Football League players at two pricey Miami hotels, both designed by local architects, NBWW. By Douglas Hanks and Aaron Leibowitz Miami’s Super Bowl Host Committee recently sent invoices totaling $1 million to the county’s budget office from the J.W. Marriott Marquis hotel downtown and Aventura’s Turnberry resort to cover an NFL requirement for subsidized rooms provided to players earning millions for teams owned by billionaires. Miami-Dade’s budget director said…

Starwood Capital Group broke ground late last year on a new headquarters building in Miami Beach, and it appears that there was one other design proposal contemplated for the site at 2332 Collins. The possible entrant appears to have come from Miami architect NBWW. In an Instagram post, the architect shared its alternative design for the site. … NBWW’s design also included a paseo. Here is a description from the architect: This whimsical design for an office building on Miami…