Rene Gonzalez Architects
American architectural firm
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Rene Gonzalez Architects (RGA) is an American architectural firm based in Miami, Florida.
- CasaCuba at Florida International University, Miami
- Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami
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| Partners | Rene Gonzalez |
| Founded | (1997)[citation needed] |
| Location | Miami, Florida |
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History
The office was founded in 1997 by Cuban-American architect Rene Gonzalez (b. 1963). Gonzalez received a Bachelor of Design degree from the University of Florida and holds a Master of Architecture degree from UCLA.
Work
RGA designed and curated the product design exhibition Design Matters at Miami’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA) in 2000.[1][2] The firm designed the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) for Ella Fontanals-Cisneros in 2005.
RGA designed the Berkowitz Contemporary Foundation (BCF), a non-profit foundation in Miami, to house the lighting installation Aten Reign by James Turrell, a work that debuted at the artist's retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in 2013, and Richard Serra’s Passage of Time, an undulating 218-foot (66 m) long Cor-Ten steel sculpture, in addition to works by Larry Bell, Fred Sandback and Anish Kapoor.[3][4] Other museum projects include the 2014 master plan study for the expansion of the Wolfsonian-FIU museum, a building Gonzalez renovated alongside Sarasota School of Architecture architect Mark Hampton in 1992.[5][6]
Hospitality and commercial projects by the firm include a new wing for The Standard Hotel in Miami,[7] event company KARLA, restaurant Plant, and four boutiques for boutique Alchemist, the flagship of which is located in the 1111 Lincoln Road parking garage designed by architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron.[8][9]
Notable residential projects include the Indian Creek Residence, which twice broke residential sales records in Miami-Dade County, first in 2012 at $45 million[10] and again in 2019 for $50 million.[11] In 2017, RGA completed the Prairie Avenue Residence in Miami Beach, an elevated house designed to address the challenge of sea-level rise.[12][13] The house was featured in The New York Times and in the BBC Two miniseries The World's Most Extraordinary Homes.[12]
Key exhibition design projects have included the installation for the third (RED) Auction.,[14] which raised $10.5 million, with matching funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to support the fight against AIDS on December 5, 2018.[15]
The firm has received recognition[when?] for its response to sea-level rise in South Florida.[16]
Awards
The Miami chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognized the firm's work in 2012 with an H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Design [17] and in 2011 RGA was selected as Firm of the Year.[18] RGA also earned two national AIA awards, one in 2006 for KARLA Conceptual Events[19] and the other in 2011 for Alchemist.[8]
Notable projects
- CasaCuba at Florida International University
- Pulse Memorial and Museum (with Diller Scofidio + Renfro) – shortlisted for design competition (2019)
Gallery
Prairie Avenue Residence, Miami (2017)
Indian Creek Residence, Miami (2010)
Alchemist, Miami (2010)
Plant, Miami (2016)
