Annual Listing by the South Florida Business Journal Highlights The Firm's Impressive Growth
CORAL GABLES, Fla., July 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — The South Florida Business Journal has released its annual listing of South Florida's Top 25 Architecture firms, and SB Architects has jumped to an impressive 7th place ranking. The results of this year's annual listing highlight the dramatic growth of the Coral Gables firm which, after many years on the publication's Top 25 ranking, did not make the list in 2012.
The firm's dramatic resurgence is an indicator of the state's economic turn-around, as well as the diverse, international nature of SB Architects' practice. "I am extremely excited about the direction of our practice," states Scott Lee, President and Principal of SB Architects. "The creative balance and energy shared by our offices in Miami, San Francisco and Shenzhen is outstanding, and I look forward to a strong year ahead."
Established in 1975, the firm has active projects across the globe, as well as high-profile projects in South Florida and the Caribbean. In what is surely one of the region's most exciting projects, SB Architects is working with innovative real estate company Dacra on an ambitious expansion of the Miami Design District, which will dramatically increase the district's retail, commercial and art exhibition space, and bring a jewel of a boutique hotel to this burgeoning area of Miami.
"We are approaching this project as a groundbreaking experience, a paradigm shift of sorts. It really is a model of the future, of a whole new way to approach retail, design and architecture," says Kevin Dunn, Vice President and Principal in the firm's Coral Cables office.
SB Architects recently celebrated the debut of its latest project – Dorado Beach, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve, on the island of Puerto Rico. This one-of-a-kind destination, which opened in December 2012, is just the second Reserve Property in the world and the first in the Western Hemisphere. The firm also designed the hugely successful Bahia Beach Golf Resort, anchored by the St. Regis Bahia Beach, and orchestrated the renovation of the Ritz-Carlton San Juan, making SB Architects a leading figure in Puerto Rico's emergence as one of the Caribbeans most desirable destinations. The firm's portfolio includes a wealth of projects in the Caribbean and Latin America.
In over 50 years of design practice, SB Architects has maintained a long-standing reputation for excellence in the planning and design of large-scale, multi-phased projects. The firm regularly competes with some of the largest architecture firms in the world, yet it has continued to maintain a hands-on, boutique practice, driven by collaboration, teamwork and individual client relationships. The firm's work spans the globe, and includes projects throughout the United States, in Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia and the Middle East. Known for site-sensitive, contextually appropriate design, SB Architects has received over 200 awards for design excellence.
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