Fernando Bretos, Director of Miami Science Museum’s Reclamation Project and member of the new Museum team, was one of 17 individuals worldwide selected as a Kinship Conservation Fellow. Of the 2011 cohort, seven originate from the United States, and the remaining 11 are from Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Kenya, Madagascar, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Sierra Leone [...]
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A Grove of Mangroves
The MiaSci Sea Lab, an indoor/outdoor attraction that gives visitors a taste of some of the exciting aquarium components being planned for the new Museum, scheduled to open in Museum Park in 2014 (Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science), recently got some new inhabitants: native red and black mangroves. The mangrove nursery will serve [...]
WorldArchitectureNews.com – The science of building design
Grimshaw Architects use Autodesk’s Revit software to design $272m Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami The Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science (formerly the Miami Museum of Science) is an ambitious design project currently at design development at the New York office of Grimshaw Architects. Working in collaboration with executive architects [...]
Article From Inhabitat.com – How Building Information Modeling (BIM) Helps Buildings Go Green
Architecture How Building Information Modeling (BIM) Helps Buildings Go Green by Jill Fehrenbacher and CASE, 06/30/11 filed under: Architecture,Features,green technology Measure twice, cut once. This old adage is one that craftsmen understand well and never question. Careful measurement and planning is essential in producing any quality product, and when it comes to the building industry, [...]
RFP for Commissioning Agent
The Miami Science Museum is seeking Building Commissioning Services for the new $275 million Miami Science Museum to be located in Museum Park in Miami, Florida. This new highly sustainable facility will include a planetarium, aquarium, both indoor and outdoor flexible space for science exhibits as well as educational facilities. The Miami Science Museum will [...]
New Museum Parking Surface Testing at MiaSci
Working with landscape architects ArquitectonicaGeo, the Museum has just installed two parking space mock-ups to test the materials and design planned for the joint parking garage under the new Miami Science Museum (MiaSci) and Miami Art Museum (MAM) at Museum Park (MiaSci and MAM will share the parking garage and adjoining plaza). Unlike traditional pavement, [...]
