Miami - Day 1

What a whirlwind day here in Miami, well, Coral Gables actually, on my first day of the fellowship program. We met up for breakfast and grabbed cabs to the brand new building at Miami's architecture school, designed by renowned European architect, inspiration to New Urbanists, and my hero Leon Krier. The building houses a technical classroom, gallery, and auditorium. It's amazing.


My fellowship class is made up of 12 mid-career professionals, and interestingly, only 1 architect. Lots of mini-presentations today, a tour of the Miami campus (a lot smaller than I expected), and dinner outside at a great Italian restaurant. Tomorrow - a tour of Coral Gables with a past fellow and the mayor, presentations from each of the fellows about our work and research (found out about that today!), and dinner at a local Greek restaurant. Doesn't look like we'll get to South Beach this trip!