can't believe how dead this thread is considering how many huge things are going on. big and oma dropped their south beach convention center updates and they vastly improved upon the initial proposals, which i won't even bother linking to, since they sucked. definitely needs a third round, both of these proposals are horribly flawed, in my opinion, especially in what concerns the vastly outsized role of green space in the proposal, as if ANYONE walks around in parks up there. the best aspect of both proposals is the establishment of a retail corridor up from lincoln/17th into the project site proper. the way to keep that going is, obviously to continue a sort of promenade into a market/commercial-anchored square in front of the convention center. miami beach doesn't have a central square, this is the chance to build it, along with the pedestrial/retail wall up from lincoln that'll actually see it used. bah.
oma money shot:
big money shots:
that and much more (esp on the big proposal) on curbed:
http://miami.curbed.com/archives/201...r-update-2.php