Left: Ruby Neri. Horse & Rider. 1970.
Right Middle: Zanele Muholi. Ngwane I, Oslo. 2018
Right Bottom: Barcelona Daybed
produced by Judy Niedermaier from design by Mies van der Rohe.
Left: Ruby Neri. Horse & Rider. 1970.
Right Middle: Zanele Muholi. Ngwane I, Oslo. 2018
Right Bottom: Barcelona Daybed
produced by Judy Niedermaier from design by Mies van der Rohe.
Related Group's Miami Headquarters
Related Group is extremely serious about two things: real estate and contemporary art. The companyâs headquarters in Miami, designed by MKDA, brings together these two pillars of Related Groupâs identity. Set atop a signature Miami property, the two-floor office suite, as well as the buildingâs rooftop and lobby space, showcase the extensive art collection of Jorge M. Pérez, the companyâs founder and CEO.
MKDAâs design walks the line between foreground and background, allowing large-scale artwork to shine, while providing touches of supple elegance. Some of the pieces are permanent to the space, such as the oversized, deceptively âbronzedâ reception bench (itself an item with fascinating provenance - created from steel and fiberglass by Judy Niedermaier for Mies van der Roheâs IBM Building in Chicago), while many others are meant to rotate and be loaned to other institutions.
Photographed Fall 2021.
Read more in Interior Design Magazine.
Interior Architect: MKDA
Building Architect: Aquitectonica
Client: Related Group
Center: Georg Baselitz. Elke, 1965.
Right: Ruby Neri. Horse & Rider. 1970.
Left Image: Ruby Neri. Horse & Rider. 1970.
Right: Yann Gerstberger, Title Unknown.
Left Image, left to right:
Yann Gerstberger. Title Unknown.
Nick Cave, Soundsuit.
Left Image, from left to right:
Donna Huanca. Cliona Chilenis. 2019.
Rob Pruitt. Untitled. 2011.
Ai Weiwei. Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn (LEGO Bricks). 2015.
Right Image, from left to right:
Donna Huanca. Cliona Chilenis. 2019.
Zanele Muholi. Faniswa, Seapoint, Cape Town, from the series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness). 2016.
Georg Baselitz. Elke, 1965.
Left, beyond: Sol Lewitt. Folding Screen.
Center, front: Jorge Méndez Blake. Nocturna Plaza. 2016.
Right: Vik Muniz. Jackies (In Ketchup) [Polyptych]. 1999.
Center Left by Window: Sanford Biggers. Janus.
Right: Painting by Friedel Dzubas.
I love the built environment. My photographic practice is anchored by my fascination with design, urbanity and the tactile experience of our surroundings. I believe that our built environment is in tension between intentionality and circumstance, the whole made more powerful by the nature of its duality. My passion is creating photographic representations at the intersection of design, implementation, and context.
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