south-eastcoast, causing44deaths in
Floridaandcosting thestateanestimated
US$32billion (aroundNOK200bn).Local
architectWilliamLanewanted toaddsome
colour toanear-decimatedSouthBeach,
sohedesigned thehuts for free.Over
time,morehavebeenaddedbydifferent
designers, asmanyhavebeenpaintedand
repaintedby the lifeguards themselves.
Nowadays, they’vebecome instantly
recognisableshorthand forMiami, adorning
glossypostcardsand the leafletsofproperty
developers.Yetof the thousandswho’ve
shot them, it’s fair tosay thatCaillard
wasoneofvery fewwhowas thinkingof
Impressionismwhilehewasdoing it.
leocaillard.com
Miami is30minutes’drive fromFort
Lauderdale;NorwegianfliestoFort
Lauderdale fromOslo,Copenhagen,
StockholmandLondon.Bookflights,ahotel
andarentalcaratnorwegian.com
More iconic
Miami
The Colony Hotel
SouthBeach isMiami’s
most icon-heavy
neighbourhood–oneof
itsenduring symbols is
the façadeof theColony
Hotel, designed in 1935
byHenryHohauser, a
local architectwhogave
hisdistinctiveArtDeco
style to the likesof the
CenturyHotel andCollins
ParkHotel (both 1939).
colonymiami.com
The Raleigh pool
Miami is alsoknown for
its stunning swimming
pools, and fewaremore
distinctive than the
ArtDecodesign at the
RaleighHotel, named
themost beautiful
pool inAmericaby
Life
magazine in 1947– and
still looking good.
raleighhotel.com
Wynwood Walls
Thehipster-heavy
WynwoodArtDistrict
isbest known for
theWynwoodWalls,
conceived in2009by
developer TonyGoldman,
whoencouraged street
artists fromacross the
globe todecorate the
area’soldwarehouses.
thewynwoodwalls.com
Manyof architect
WilliamLane’s
original,more
whimsical designs
havebeenadapted
over the years to
betterwithstand
theelements
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