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INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED Headquartered in Miami but reaching as far as the United Arab Emirates, Kobi Karp has an international scope, yet retains unique local character for each project.
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Internationally RENOWNED Kobi Karp Architects: globally awesome
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Kobi Karp Architecture is a firm with international scope, but each of its projects retains a unique local character. They specialize in architecture, interior design and planning for clients in the retail, hospitality and residential sectors. The firm is headquartered in Miami, and is an active contributor to its local community. In the 1990s, Karp was a major player in the restoration of the historic Art Deco District in Miami’s South Beach. He is credited with helping to rejuvenate the district with his renovation and interior design work for hotels, retail stores and restaurants in the area. Karp’s Miami projects extend throughout the city, also encompassing residential buildings, mixed use developments, and some of the tallest skyscrapers in the country. He is now hoping to advance Miami’s economic development even further with a groundbreaking new project that could become the tallest building in the world. Miapolis will be a 3,000-ft. tall, 160-floor “vertical city within a city.” The design includes restaurants, hotels, office space, residential units, retail and even an amusement park. It is planned to be entirely self-sustaining, and the largest LEED structure in the US. “The design by architect Kobi Karp for Watson Island was inspired by the
3 FIRST FLORIDA The Gatehouse Group of Companies and First Florida are proud to be working with Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design in creating new multi-family, affordable apartment communities in Florida; The Gardens at Driftwood, Hollywood (120 units), Madison View, Miami (120 units) and Magnolia Landing, Homestead (150 units). Summer 2010 5
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natural forms of the Florida landscape, with its undulating forms reflecting the motion of its multi cultural context and the surrounding ocean,” says the Miapolis website. The design takes from its surrounding environment while feeding back into its culture and economy. Karp and the developers see Miapolis as the vehicle for increased tourism, local business and international trade in Miami. The firm’s international work started with hotels and resorts throughout the Caribbean. Their current projects extend throughout the world, with recent locations including Dubai, Grenada, Mexico, and Russia. In Abu Dhabi, Karp is working on a large expansion for the Al Ain Zoo to transform it into a large resort and wildlife conservation park. The complex will be a model of biodiversity and ecological conservation, with botanic gardens, safari exhibits and a residential community in the desert. The investors and residents in the project will be supporting both economic development and environmental conservation. Each of Kobi Karp’s projects around the world is defined by the setting and culture that surrounds it. Karp says that with each design he creates something entirely new, but informed by architecture before. Though his contemporary designs are aesthetically creative, he also pays close attention to logistical and environmental concerns. At the same time, Karp’s vision involves a holistic view of a functioning economy supported by quality design. “The firm understands the need to create viable commercial, residential and mixed-use environments that produce a valued return on investment,” the company says. “KKAID specializes in creating public and private spaces that symbiotically coexist with surrounding buildings, both existing and new.” Their ability to create cohesive settings also makes them successful planners and interior designers, as well as architects. Karp’s designs for businesses are intended to create comfortable and productive workspaces that also have some personality. His Miami studio is a renovated open space that still holds artifacts from its days as the Miami Dade police department headquarters. ALT
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1. Aqua Vista. Photo courtesy of Kobi Karp Architecture. 2. Ganesvoort, Miami Beach, Fla. Photo courtesy of Kobi Karp Architecture. 3. Aja on the Bay. Photo courtesy of Kobi Karp Architecture. 4. Alpega. Photo courtesy of Kobi Karp Architecture.
G.T. MCDONALD ENTERPRISES, INC. Since 1982, G.T. McDonald Enterprises, Inc., located in Plantation and Miami Beach, Fl., has been providing South Florida with superior design build, construction management and general contracting services. The firm’s longevity in the industry is derived from expertise and the desire to provide clients with complete satisfaction. They have strong experience in the restoration and preservation of significant historical properties in Miami Beach, from planning to completion. 6 Architecture ConstructionLeaders LeadersToday Today
G.T. McDonald has been involved in the following projects, designed by Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design: Capri on the Bay located on Biscayne Bay consists of three boutique-style condo buildings including Miami Beach’s first subterranean parking garage; The Strand, a historic four-building condo/hotel renovation; and The Caribbean beachfront condo renovation and new construction. They have also been involved in 1111 Lincoln Road Parking Garage-- a mixed-
use condo project designed by Herzog de Meuron. G.T. McDonald has the tools to provide construction solutions to a variety of projects both large and small. Their services are focused and they strive to understand the needs of their customers. Understanding that their organization is one of service and competition is ever present, G.T. McDonald operates under the aphorism, “words are weak and performance remembered.”
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