Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

Miami residential architect for custom homes and interiors. ESSENCE connects site, climate and daily life. Architect-led permits and violation resolution. fernandezarchitecture.com Miami Beach, FL Joined September 2012

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

6 hours ago

Renovation is not a before/after trick. Frow Avenue shows the sequence: read, edit, reconnect, inhabit.

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2 days ago

A renovation brief should begin with four decisions: keep, repair, reframe, remove—in that order.

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2 days ago

At Abaco House, water does more than reflect the architecture. It reveals the section, cools the experience and connects arrival, garden and upper-level life. This is the difference between adding a feature and designing a system. Architectural visualization. Project under construction.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

3 days ago

A renovation does not have to erase the past to feel contemporary. In this Eixample apartment, memory, proportion and precise meetings between old and new create a space that feels layered rather than divided. What would you preserve first?

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3 days ago

A renovation gains depth when it knows what to keep. At Oakland Park House, original terrazzo becomes the point of departure—not a leftover.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

4 days ago

Commercial identity becomes memorable when graphics, material and movement belong to the same spatial system. La Jamoteca turns those layers into one architectural experience.

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5 days ago

More square footage does not automatically make a home work better. Before an addition, resolve four relationships: circulation, existing structure, Miami shade and drainage, and whether old and new still read as one coherent whole.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

6 days ago

An ocean view should guide an apartment, not overwhelm it. At 1201 S Ocean Drive, the open living area gains a clear center, continuity and smaller moments of retreat. Which matters more in an open plan: continuity or intimacy? Architectural visualization.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

a week ago

A shared space begins with an arrival everyone can use. Casuarina Lobby treats accessibility and circulation as architecture—not additions.

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a week ago

5/5 — Daily life. Architecture succeeds when the plan feels effortless.

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a week ago

Elizabeth Residence shows how thresholds, light, material and views can make daily life feel coherent—from arrival to garden without losing intimacy.

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a week ago

Oakland Park House: rebuilding after damage became an opportunity to reconnect daily life, garden and pool—without erasing the original terrazzo.

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a week ago

At Abaco House, the section is inverted: shared life moves upstairs toward light and the pool, while the lower level gains privacy through landscape and weathering-steel screens. Water is not decoration here. It organizes movement, climate and experience. Architectural visualization. Project under construction.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

a week ago

At Abaco House, water does more than reflect architecture. It reveals the section, cools the experience and connects arrival, garden and upper-level life. That is the difference between adding a feature and designing a system. Project under construction.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

2 weeks ago

Two homes can have the same square footage and feel completely different. The difference is usually circulation, daylight, privacy and whether a room can support more than one moment of the day. If you could improve only one of those in your home, which would you choose?

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

2 weeks ago

Most permit problems are discovered too late because the first review starts with drawings. A better sequence is: property record → existing conditions → intended scope → drawings. In Miami, that order can reveal mismatches before they become redesign, delay or avoidable uncertainty.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

3 weeks ago

A multifamily renovation should not begin with finishes. It should begin by understanding the building as a system: existing conditions, circulation, code, flood exposure and the real scope of work. Which of these is most often underestimated at the start of a Miami renovation?

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

3 weeks ago

@idieqtecture @ArchDaily Exactly. The strongest material choices carry several jobs at once: structure, thermal moderation, weathering and the public edge. Identity becomes credible when those performances remain legible instead of being applied as a visual layer.

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Fernandez Architecture | Miami @fzarchitect

3 weeks ago

@ArchDaily Ephemeral architecture is useful when it is treated as a measured prototype, not an event object. Track shade, dwell time, accessibility, maintenance and what users change. Its real value is evidence that can inform permanent public space.