Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani
Mr. C
Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani
Mr. C Hotel, Coconut Grove, FL
Mr. C is a hospitality and residential property brand founded by brothers Ignazio and Maggio Cipriani. Members of the fourth generation of the Cipriani family, internationally renowned for restaurants, landmark event spaces, lounges, and residences, Ignazio and Maggio were uniquely qualified to develop the brand into destinations that would bring together the best of Old World and modern luxury for today’s sophisticated clientele.
Both brothers, Ignazio and Maggio had experienced hospitality on an international level while working for the family business, and this greatly influenced the development and vision for the Mr. C brand, ultimating defining its aesthetic and ethos. This mindset reflects a commitment to making today’s travel experience effortless, through sophisticated design, Old World simplicity, and European glamour.
Meyer Davis
Interior Design
Will Meyer and Gray Davis
The WELL, Bay Harbor Islands, Miami, FL
Meyer Davis is a globally recognized New York City-based design boutique specializing in residential, hospitality, retail, and workplace environments. Founded in 1999 by Will Meyer and Gray Davis, the firm has established itself at the forefront of high-end commercial and residential design practices throughout the U.S. and abroad. Meyer Davis designs seamless physical experiences tailored to their client’s individuality, combining principles of great design with a clear vision for the experience they seek to create. The designers consider each new project an opportunity to bring a unique and powerful story to life.
Playing with space, form, texture and light, they develop a visual experience that seeks to compel and inspire. Meyer Davis believes that impeccable design works on multiple levels, weaving together bold gestures and striking details to ensure that when completed, each project makes an immediate and lasting impact. Meyer Davis enjoys seeking new and unexpected solutions, values lasting impact over flash, and is driven by the power of restraint. Their work proves that intelligent subtraction often yields the greatest results.
Arquitectonica
Architecture
Bernardo Fort-Brescia
Mr. C Residences, Coconut Grove, FL
Arquitectonica is an award-winning Miami-based firm with offices worldwide. Founded in 1977, it is led by Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda H. Spear. Its work, which includes mixed-use developments, resorts, hotels, luxury condominiums, school, universities, and museums, has been featured in leading publications including Architectural Record, Progressive Architecture, Time, Fortune, Abitare, and Domus. Its designs have also been exhibited in major museums across the globe.
Luxury residential properties by Arquitectonica include Icon Brickell, Marquis Miami, Atlantis, Beach House 8, and 500 Brickell. The firm also designs hotels that redefine the guest experience and has worked on hospitality projects including Mandarin Oriental, St. Regis, Westin, W, Four Seasons, Banyan Tree, Canyon Ranch, Raffles, Viceroy, and many others.
Landscape Design Workshop
Landscapes
Botaniko, Weston, FL
Natura Gardens, Miami, FL
Landscape Design Workshop is an award-winning landscape architecture and planning design studio located in Boca Raton, Florida. Their atelier studio specializes in designing resorts, resort-like communities and mixed-use projects that embody the tropical lifestyle experience. Landscape Design Workshop is committed to creating settings that enhance residents’ well-being and quality of life through visceral enjoyment of the outdoors.
Terra
Project Visionary
David Martin
Five Park, Miami Beach
Terra is a Florida-based real estate development and investment company that creates communities, enhances neighborhoods, and connects people.
Founded by David Martin and Pedro Martin, Terra owns and operates a carefully curated portfolio of real estate developments valued at more than $8 billion that elevate quality of life; maximize the way in which people work, live and entertain; and innovate the urban and suburban landscape with an eye toward resiliency and sustainability.
Under David Martin’s leadership, Terra has achieved international acclaim for its commitment to design excellence, resiliency measures, and sustainable development. Since launching in 2001, Terra has developed more than five million square feet of residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects across South Florida. Terra thrives by assembling teams composed of the world’s most accomplished architects, designers, planners, engineers, and builders who collaborate to bring the firm’s development vision to life.
Recent examples include the Bjarke Ingels-designed Grove at Grand Bay and the Rem Koolhaas/OMA-designed Park Grove, two new luxury residential developments that catalyzed the revitalization of Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood; the Rene Gonzalez-designed GLASS in Miami Beach’s South of Fifth District; Eighty Seven Park in Miami Beach, a 70-unit beachfront condo designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Renzo Piano; the Carlos and Jackie Touzet-designed Mary Street office and retail complex in Coconut Grove, and Botaniko, a master-planned community in Weston designed by Chad Oppenheim and Roney Mateu.
Sympatico Real Estate
Project Visionary
Thomas Morrison and Francisco Gil
Sympatico Real Estate is a privately held, family-owned and vertically integrated real estate company started by father and son, originally named for an uncle’s Polo team. Now three generations running, Sympatico maintains a highly well-informed focus in Palm Beach county and Marin county. The Sympatico family has been in West Palm Beach since the roaring ‘20s—and the city’s recent resurgence has created an opportunity to bring a new level of arts and culture to the community.
Sympatico is ushering in a new era—as lines blur between the island and the essence of West Palm Beach—along with new restaurants, businesses, developers, and others moving in for the quality of day-to-day life. Sympatico will also install a selection of public art as well as throughout Mr. C Hotel & Residences, enriching the surrounding community with a new and unprecedented focus. In addition, Mr. C Residences will be one of the tallest towers ever in West Palm Beach, with spectacular water views from both the Residences and the rooftop.
