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Architecture Interior Design Urban Design Graphic Design 100 NE 38 Street Miami, FL 33137 T 305 438 0609 F 305 438 0170 shulman-design.com AA 26001090 n a m l u h S Associates July 7, 2015 Diane Georgeopulos, FAIA, Chair, 2015 Jury of Fellows [email protected] re: Max Strang Fellowship Dear Ms. Georgeopulos: It is an honor to serve as Sponsor for the nomination of Max Strang to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects, as a Category One - Design candidate. Max is one of Florida’s pre-eminent practitioners of “regional modernism,” which he has advanced by focusing on site-specific, climate-specific design in a contemporary context. He has deftly represented the highest ideals of the profession through his superb designs, and furthered local discourse through academic commitments, civic appointments and professional engagements. With deep roots in Florida, Max’s interest in regionalism and regional modernism was developed early. Max notes that he was born and raised in a Florida home designed by Gene Leedy, a leading practitioner of the Sarasota School. That home’s honest construction, using pre-stressed concrete “double-tees,” walls of glass and visible concrete block, must have had a powerful influence. This tradition in Florida architecture, representing the moment of regional discovery in the 1950s-60s, has indeed informed Max’s work over several decades. However, Max is not simply an inheritor; in the 15 years I have known him, he has continued and advanced that regional tradition. He has developed prototypes for tropical homes, including Rockhouse, his personal residence in Coconut Grove. Rockhouse, with its spacious open-air upper deck, is a model that -- through design awards, extensive publication and even a film cameo -- has worked its way into the public consciousness. Max received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Florida, where he graduated summa cum laude. Upon graduation, he interned with Gene Leedy. Through Leedy, Max met Paul Rudolph and other prominent architects from the Sarasota School, fueling his appreciation of the high standards of their context- and climate-driven designs. Max continued his education at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. After graduating with the institution’s inaugural Electronic Media Prize, he became the first employee of the newly-founded SHoP Architects in New York. His studies and work in New York coupled with his involvement with Florida modernists cemented a passion in Max for architecture specific to climate and place. He returned home to Miami and immediately opened his own practice, Strang Architecture. Max has built an impressive and highly individualized portfolio of single-family homes, his signature building type. His thriving firm recently expanded with a satellite office in Telluride, Colorado. Named by Residential Architect as one of “15 Young Firms to Watch” in 2012, Strang Architecture has received widespread acclaim. Max’s projects have received many AIA Honor Awards and have been published internationally. Last year, while serving as the president of AIA Miami, I had the honor of seeing Max accept the H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Design, the highest honor that our organization can bestow. I believe that Max occupies a unique position among his peers. By connecting directly to the optimistic spirit of Florida’s mid-century modern movement, he demonstrates a continuity of tradition that has been sorely missed here; yet Max’s true contribution is the critical exploration that defines his work. He has built upon the modernist principles of that generation, adapting them to reflect the technological and social dynamics of this era while making them wholly his own. Max has masterfully underscored the critical and practical relevance of regional modernism. He is most deserving of elevation to the College of Fellows. Sincerely yours, Allan Shulman FAIA, LEED TM AP Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture / Founding Principal, Shulman + Associates 1
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100 NE 38 StreetMiami, FL 33137T 305 438 0609F 305 438 0170shulman-design.comAA 26001090
namluhSAssociates
July 7, 2015
Diane Georgeopulos, FAIA, Chair, 2015 Jury of [email protected]
re: Max Strang Fellowship
Dear Ms. Georgeopulos:
It is an honor to serve as Sponsor for the nomination of Max Strang to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects,as a Category One - Design candidate. Max is one of Florida’s pre-eminent practitioners of “regional modernism,” which he hasadvanced by focusing on site-specific, climate-specific design in a contemporary context. He has deftly represented the highest ideals of the profession through his superb designs, and furthered local discourse through academic commitments, civic appointments and professional engagements.
With deep roots in Florida, Max’s interest in regionalism and regional modernism was developed early. Max notes that he was bornand raised in a Florida home designed by Gene Leedy, a leading practitioner of the Sarasota School. That home’s honest construction, using pre-stressed concrete “double-tees,” walls of glass and visible concrete block, must have had a powerful influence. This tradition in Florida architecture, representing the moment of regional discovery in the 1950s-60s, has indeed informed Max’s work over several decades. However, Max is not simply an inheritor; in the 15 years I have known him, he has continued andadvanced that regional tradition. He has developed prototypes for tropical homes, including Rockhouse, his personal residence inCoconut Grove. Rockhouse, with its spacious open-air upper deck, is a model that -- through design awards, extensive publicationand even a film cameo -- has worked its way into the public consciousness.
Max received a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Florida, where he graduated summa cum laude. Upon graduation, he interned with Gene Leedy. Through Leedy, Max met Paul Rudolph and other prominent architects from the Sarasota School, fueling his appreciation of the high standards of their context- and climate-driven designs. Max continued his education at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. After graduating with the institution’s inauguralElectronic Media Prize, he became the first employee of the newly-founded SHoP Architects in New York.
His studies and work in New York coupled with his involvement with Florida modernists cemented a passion in Max for architecturespecific to climate and place. He returned home to Miami and immediately opened his own practice, Strang Architecture. Max hasbuilt an impressive and highly individualized portfolio of single-family homes, his signature building type. His thriving firm recently expanded with a satellite office in Telluride, Colorado. Named by Residential Architect as one of “15 Young Firms to Watch” in 2012, Strang Architecture has received widespread acclaim. Max’s projects have received many AIA Honor Awards and have been published internationally. Last year, while serving as the president of AIA Miami, I had the honor of seeing Max accept the H. Samuel Kruse Silver Medal for Design, the highest honor that our organization can bestow.
I believe that Max occupies a unique position among his peers. By connecting directly to the optimistic spirit of Florida’s mid-centurymodern movement, he demonstrates a continuity of tradition that has been sorely missed here; yet Max’s true contribution is thecritical exploration that defines his work. He has built upon the modernist principles of that generation, adapting them to reflect the technological and social dynamics of this era while making them wholly his own. Max has masterfully underscored the critical andpractical relevance of regional modernism. He is most deserving of elevation to the College of Fellows.
Sincerely yours,
Allan Shulman FAIA, LEEDTM AP Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Architecture / Founding Principal, Shulman + Associates
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SUMMARY ACHIEVEMENT REGIONAL MODERNISMof SECTION 1.1
The subtropical climate and mid-cen-tury modernist movement of Central and South Florida served as a strong influence upon Max’s work. He, along with a handful of fellow architects, can be credited with reintroducing thoughtful design to a region which had unfortunately dismissed time-less modernist ideals in favor of the trending ersatz Mediterranean archi-tecture. Max’s relentless adherence to regional modernism served as a foundation for him to explore new innovations with residential design.
Max’s site-specific and climate-driv-en designs have garnered numerous AIA awards and international acclaim. Since launching his firm in Miami in 1998, Max’s design work quickly found its way onto the pages and screens of publications such as The New York Times, Wall Street Jour-nal, Metropolis, Architectural Re-cord and even Playboy. Outside the United States, his designs have been featured in books and magazines in Colombia, The Netherlands, Brazil, Norway, China and Israel.Max has committed himself to the
advancement of the profession not only through his design skills, but also through other professional, academic and civic engagements. He recently served on the National Design Awards Jury for Residential Architect magazine in addition to serving on design juries for AIA Northern Virginia, AIA Philadel-phia, AIA Georgia, AIA Florida and AIA Tampa Bay. He lectures frequently and has taught design studios at the Univer-sity of Miami and Florida International University.
In 2013, AIA Miami honored Max with their Silver Medal for Design which represents the highest award that the organization can bestow. Prior to that honor, Max was twice recognized by AIA Miami as their ‘Young Architect of the Year’. As his firm grew from an epony-mous sole-practitioner to that of a ro-bust and sizable office, AIA Miami again honored Max in 2010 as their ‘Firm of the Year’.
Max strongly believes that architects should assume diverse and influential roles outside of the profession. True to that conviction, Max is currently chair-
man of The Pinhead Institute, a Smith-sonian Affiliate based in Telluride. That organization promotes STEM education to students in rural Southwest Colorado and arranges internships at renowned scientific institutions across the world including NASA, Scripps Research Insti-tute, Stanford University and the Har-vard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophys-ics. Under his leadership, The Pinhead Institute nearly tripled the extent of its intern program and doubled the number of students reached via its other pro-gramming.
Max also served for a decade on the Board of Governors for the Hawaii-based National Tropical Botanical Garden. In this capacity, he championed the organiza-tion’s mission in enriching life through discovery, scientific research, conser-vation and education by perpetuating the survival of plants, ecosystems, and cultural knowledge of tropical regions. This involvement provided Max with a rich understanding of the tropics and subtropics which fueled his passion for promoting specific architectural solu-tions tailored specifically for those envi-ronments.
Max has recently directed the expansion of the firm with the addition of a satellite office in Telluride, Colorado. That office is in the process of critically exploring the regional sensibilities of a vastly different landscape.
Through his work and discourse Max Strang has masterfully underscored the ongoing relevance and importance of regional modernism to an international audience.
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-Terence Riley Director of the MIAMI art cabinet
“...visually powerful but environmentally sensitive...”
“Strang uses each successive project to physically manifest his theories, many of which were born from his early exposure to the Sarasota School of Architecture and the modernist works of Gene Leedy, Paul Rudolph and others who celebrated the Florida climate, creating contemporary structures intimately connected to their surroundings.”
“The ability to create stunning architectural de-signs while maintaining an acute awareness of the surrounding environment has since come to define Strang’s work.”
Terence RileyFormer Director of Miami Art MuseumFormer Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at The Museum of Modern Art
John T. O’ConnorEditor-in-Chief, Tropic Magazine
VENICE Magazine
2004
Awards: AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of ExcellenceAIA MIAMI Design AwardPublications: Wall Street Journal, Playboy, Atlas of World Landscape Architecture, East Coast Modern, Decorbook: Miami, Revista Living, HGTV, Objekt International, AXXIS, Miami Vice
ROCKHOUSE Coconut Grove, FLCOMPLETED
SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
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BISCAYNEBAY South FL
2012COMPLETED
Awards: AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence AIA MIAMI Merit Award of ExcellencePublications: TropicFL Design
UTOPIARESIDENCE Coconut Grove, FL
Awards: AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of ExcellenceAIA MIAMI Award of Excellence
2009COMPLETED
Publications:The Wall Street JournalFlorida Design Design Milk
Awards: AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of ExcellenceAIA MIAMI Award of Excellence
LATTERNERRESIDENCE Coconut Grove, FL
Publications:Tropical Gardens Atlas of World Landscape Architecture Florida Travel & Life
2008COMPLETED
SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
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Awards: AIA MIAMI Merit Award for Architecture.
KAMPONG SHOCKMAN EDUCATIONCENTER National Tropical Botanical GardensCoconut Grove, FL
2009COMPLETED
Publications:Miami Herald Home Miami
2012
Publications: TREND IsraelByspace InternationalNew York Times PlayboyMiami Modern Luxury LUXE Magazine
SAN MARCO ISLANDRESIDENCEMiami, FLCOMPLETED
Awards: AIA MIAMI Excellence in Architecture
Publications: New York TimesPlayboy Objekt InternationalFlorida Design, ArchDaily, Berlogos
LAKEHOUSE Winter Haven, FL
2012COMPLETED
WARRENGAUTREAUX Coconut Grove, FL
Awards: AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence
2013COMPLETED
Publications: China HightoneHousely
SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
TANNERRESIDENCE Winter Haven, FL
2004COMPLETED
HUCKERRESIDENCE Miami, FLCOMPLETED
Publications:New Sustainable HomesOrlando Design
Publications:HomeAdoreiHomeIdea
2015
ARRAYPROJECT Telluride, COCOMPLETED
Publications:Architektureclips.deArchitizer
2010
2015COMPLETED
RAINGARDEN Winter Haven, FL
Publications: Lakeland Ledger Six Ten Announces New Downtown Apart-ments RainGarden Breaking News WFLA
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SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
MOLARESIDENCE Fort Lauderdale, FL
BASSRESIDENCE Coconut Grove, FL
MORNINGSTARRANCH Telluride, CO
FAIRCHILDTROPICAL GARDEN Coral Gables, FL
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SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
WA KEE NARESIDENCE Miami, FLJANOURARESIDENCE Miami Beach, FL
2128NORTHBAYROAD Miami Beach, FL
TUCKMANRESIDENCE Fort Lauderdale, FL
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SIGNIFICANT WORKSECTION 2.1
CAMPBISCAYNE Coconut Grove, FL
Principal Architect
CAPCANA Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
LAWSONRESIDENCE Telluride, CO
709 EASTDILIDO Miami, FL
Principal Architect
COMPLETED2015
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ACCOMPLISHMENTSSECTION 2.2
POSITIONS HELDPrincipal Architect, Max Strang Architecture, 1998 - PresentMiami, FL | Tellluride, CO
Project Manager, SHoP Architects, 1998-1999New York, NY
Intern Architect, Zaha Hadid Architects, 1996London, U.K.
Intern Architect, Gene Leedy Architect, 1994-1996Winter Haven, FL
ACADEMIC INVOLVEMENT University of MIAMI, Visiting Faculty, Miami, FL, 2006/07
Florida International University, Adjunct Faculty, Miami, FL, 2005
Columbia University, Guest Juror, New York, NY, 1999 - 2000
UF, College of Arch. Professional Liason Committee, Gainesville, FL, 2007 - present
UF, Guest Juror, Gainesville, FL, 2012
Florida International University, Guest Juror, Miami, FL, 2004
University of Miami, Guest Juror, Miami, FL, 2002 - 2004
JURY EXPERIENCEResidential Architect Magazine, National Design Awards Jury, 2012
AIA Philadelphia, Awards Jury, 2014
AIA Northern Virginia, Awards Jury, 2012
AIA Georgia, Awards, Jury Chair, 2012
AIA Florida, Jury Chair: Park(ing) Day Competition, 2014
AIA Tampa Bay, Awards Jury Chair, 2014
LECTURES + PRESENTATIONSAIA Georgia, Annual Convention Keynote Lecture, Atlanta, GA, 2011
National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lecture: Environmental Modernism, 2005
University of Florida, Lecture: Recent Work, Gainesville, FL, 2012
AIA Florida, Lecture: Timeless Sustainability, Tallahassee, FL, 2008
AIA MIAMI, Lecture: Environmental Modernism, Miami, FL, 2008
AIA Jacksonville, 2009
University of Georgia, Pecha Kucha, Athens, GA, 2011
University of South Florida, Lecture: On Rise, Tampa Bay, FL, 2014
University of MIAMI, Lecture: Environmental Modernism, Miami, FL, 2007
Florida Atlantic University, Lecture:On Rise, Boca Raton, FL, 2014 10
ACCOMPLISHMENTSSECTION 2.2
National Design Awards Jury for Residential Architect Magazine
Launch of Design Book Mag-azine
Interview at RockHouse11
SECTION 2.2
BOARDS + COMMISSIONSTelluride Arts and Architecture, Telluride, CO, 2014- 2015
Pinhead Institute, A Smithsonian Affiliate, Co-Chair, Telluride, CO, 2012 - Present
City of Miami, Planning Advisory Board, Miami, FL, 2002 - 2005
National Tropical Botanical Garden, Governers Board, Coconut Grove, FL, 2001 - 2011
University of Florida, Alumni Association President (New York City Chapter), 1999
UF, College of Arch. Professional Liason Committee, Gainesville, FL, 2007 - present
EXHIBITIONS OF WORKNational Botanical Garden Museum Exhibition - Marking the Millennium, 2014
AIA National Convention 2010 Miami, FL, “Recent Work”, Miami, FL, 2010
Le Festival du Dessin Anime et du Film D’Animation, “Exhibition: Folioscope 98 - Brussels, Belgium”, 1998
MIA Center for Architecture & Design, “Drawn From Miami Exhibit”, Miami, FL , 2012
Computer Animation Festival, “SIGGRAPH 97”, Los Angeles, 1998
MOSI: Tampa Museum of Science and Industry, “Artemis Exhibition”, Tampa, FL, 2010
Imagina Exhibition, “Prix Pixel INA”, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 1998
Miami Art Museum, “Exhibition: Reimagining the City”, Miami FL, 2006
FL International University, “Exhibition: Engaging the Urban”, Coral Cables, FL, 2011
AWARDSAIA MIAMI Silver Medal for Design, Max Strang Architecture, 2013
AIA MIAMI Firm of the Year, Max Strang Architecture, 2010
AIA MIAMI Young Architect of the Year, 2007
AIA MIAMI Young Architect of the Year, 2003
DCOTA Architecture Award, Max Strang Architecture, 2010
University of Florida School of Architecture, Young Architect Alumni Award, 2012
AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence, Biscayne Bay Residence, 2014
AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, Lake House Residence, 2012
AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence, Stein Residence, 2009
AIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence, Latterner Residence, 2009
AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, Stein Residence, 2011
AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, Latterner Residence, 2009
AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, McKenna Residence, 2007
AIA MIAMI Award of Merit, Kampong Education Center, 2007
HGTV, Fresh Faces of Design: Big City Digs Finalist, San Marco Island, 2015
FAU, Festival of the Trees Light Fixture Design, Max Strang Architecture, 2014
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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ACCOMPLISHMENTSSECTION 2.2
University of Florida Lecture
AIA MIAMI Silver Medal Award
USF School of Architecture & Community Design Lecture
SECTION 2.3
BOOKS
Decorbook: Miami 25th Anniversary, Brasil, November 2015
Loft: Modern Designs, Loft Publications, December 2015
Tropical Living: Dream Homes at Exotic Places by Manuela Roth, Braun, September 2014
Atlas of World Landscape Architecture by Markus Sebastian Braun + Chris van Uffelen, Braun, July 2014
East Coast Modern by Damir Sinovcic, Design Book, May 2013
Tropical Gardens: Hidden Exotic Paradises by Manuela Roth, Braun, June 2013
Engaging the Urban by Jason Chandler, Lulu Press, July 2011
100 Florida Architects by Damir Sinovcic, Design Book, October 2010
Perfect Porches by Paula Wallace, Clarkson Potter - March 2010
AAA032 by Archivos de Arquitectura Antillana, 2009
Living With White by Gail Abbott, Cico, April 2009
La Lampe Gras by Didier Teissoniere, Norma Editions, December 2008 (French)
Miami: Mediterranean Splendor and Deco Dreams by Beth Dunlop, Rizzoli, November 2007
Dream Homes of South Florida by Beth Benton, Panache Partners, January 2007
New Sustainable Homes by James Grayson Trulove, Harper Design, December 2006
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
“Quietly Off Kilter,” The New York Times by Elaine Louie, August 2014
“Marijuana Jobs: A Resume Buzzkill?” Wall Street Journal by Rachel Feintzeig, April 2014
“High-End Apartment Complex Planned for Downtown Winter Haven,” Lakeland Led-ger by Ryan E. Little, January 2014
“A Florida House Set for Two Comfort Zones,” The New York Times by Elaine Louie, August 2012
“Sleek Home May Be First in Winter Haven to Be LEED-Certified,” Lakeland Ledger by Donna Kelly, September 2012
“Living Green,” Lakeland Ledger, 2010
“Living in a White Cube,” Wall Street Journal by Nancy Keates, December 2009
“Paradise Imperiled” Miami Herald, February 2008
“At Home with Miami Vice” Miami Herald, February 2007
“Douglas Road Residence” Miami Herald, November 2003
“Charles Avenue Residences” Miami Herald, May 2003
PUBLICATIONS
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SECTION 2.3
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PUBLICATIONS
SECTION 2.3
MAGAZINE ARTICLES
“Strang on Spec,” TROPIC Magazine, October 2015
“Paradise Found,” METROPOLIS, March 2009
“RockHouse by Strang Architecture,” Revista Living (Brasil), 2015
“Winter Haven Lake House,” Objekt International #65 (Netherlands), 2014
“Is There Hope for the Big Box?” Architectural Record, August 2005
“Charles Avenue Residences,” Architecture, May 2003
“Armonia Al Natural,” Axxis Magazine (Colombia), July 2006
“Max Strang,” Interiør Magasinet (Norway), July 2006
“Winter Haven Lake House” Objekt International #65 (Netherlands), 2014
“15 Young Firms to Watch,” Residential Architect, June 2012
“Miami: The Ultimate Space Experience,” Objekt International #43 (Netherlands), 2008
“STRANG Architecture,” TREND Magazine (Isreal), April 2015
“A Family Affair,” Design District, December 2014
“Strang Theory,” Tropic Magazine, Summer 2014
“Best of the City,” MIAMI Modern Luxury, January 2014
“Mod Max: Environmental Architecture from Max Strang,” Tropic Magazine, February 2013
“Conversation with Gene Leedy (Interview by Max Strang),” Design Book Magazine, 2011
“The New Modern,” ONE LIFE Sotheby’s, April 2013
“Mod Max: Environmental Architecture from Max Strang,” Tropic Magazine, February 2013
“A Sense of the Modernist Style,” Florida Design, – Volume 23 – Number 1, 2013
“15 Young Firms to Watch,” Residential Architect, June 2012
“Days of Design,” Ocean Drive, February 2011
“Conversation with Gene Leedy (Interview by Max Strang),” Design Book Magazine, 2011
“The Kampong Addition, Max Strang,” plum Miami, 2011
“Inspired Design,” MIAMI Modern Luxury, April 2010
“Max Strang,” MIAMI Modern Luxury, March 2010
“Architecture Meets Nature in Tranquil Setting,” Home Miami, March 2010
“A Family Affair,” Design District, December 2014
“Strang Theory,” Tropic Magazine, Summer 2014
“Best of the City,” MIAMI Modern Luxury, January 2014
“The New Modern,” ONE LIFE Sotheby’s, April 2013
“A Sense of the Modernist Style,” Florida Design – Volume 23 – Number 1, 2013
“Max Strang,” MIAMI Modern Luxury, March 2010
“Architecture Meets Nature in Tranquil Setting,” Home Miami, March 2010
“Max Strang Architecture: A Firm Profile,” Luxury Home Quarterly, 2010
PUBLICATIONS
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SECTION 2.3PUBLICATIONS
SECTION 2.3
MAGAZINES ARTICLES CONT.“Architect’s Choice,” Residential Architect, April 2007
“America’s Top Young Designers,” House Beautiful, October 2005
“Coconut Groove: Architect Max Strang,” Robb Report’s Vacation Homes, June 2006
“Reinvention Redux,” Residential Architect, April 2006
“Rooms Filled With Romance,” Florida International Magazine, February 2006
“The Old and the New,” South Florida CEO, January 2006
“Architect Sells Grove Lofts,” Miami Today, July 2005
“Man in the Middle,” Miami Monthly, May 2005
“Home Depot but not Home Depot,” Florida InsideOUT, Summer 2005
“Coconut Grove Retreat,” Florida InsideOUT, Premiere Issue 2005
“Grand Avenue Offices,” Miami Today, 2005
“Beach Patrol,” Ocean Drive Magazine, February 2004
DIGITAL MEDIA“This Ultra Modern Lake House in Florida Defines Cool,” Playboy, Febuary 2015
“LakeHouse Residence,” ArchDaily, June 2013
“Max Strang Architecture,” Culta Vitae, January 2013
“Lake House by Max Strang Architecture,” Design Milk, February 2012
“Product of the Year,” World Architecture News, October 2011
“Resysta, the Non-Wood, Wood,” Jetson Green, May 2011
“Max Strang Architecture,” 2modern Modern Eye Candy, May 2011
“Top Ten Outdoor Rooms,” HGTV, January 2011
“Miami Home, Bali Touch,” by Sushil Cheema, WSJ.com, April 2010
“Interview: Max Strang (video),” Design Book Magazine, 2010
“A Contemporary House Remodel by Max Strang Architecture,” Contemporist, 2009
“Residence in Miami by Max Strang,” yatzer, September 2009
“Miami Residence by Max Strang Architecture,” Design Milk, August 2009
“Great Architecture Begins with a Promise”, DUDYE, 2009
“Offbeat America,” HGTV, January 2007
“Miami Vice,” Universal Pictures, July 2006
“Deco Drive,” WSVN Channel 7, July 2006
“Homes Across America,” HGTV, 2004
PUBLICATIONS
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COCONUT GROVE, FLCompleted 2004
TUCKMANRESIDENCEFORT LAUDERDALE, FLCurrent 2017
LATTERNERRESIDENCECOCONUT GROVE, FLCompleted 2008
SHOCKMANEDUCATIONCENTERCOCONUT GROVE, FL
Completed 2007
PERIBERERESIDENCECOCONUT GROVE, FLCompleted 2014
LAKEHOUSEWINTER HAVEN, FLCompleted 2012
EXHIBITS LISTSECTION 3
BISCAYNEBAYSOUTH FLCompleted 2012
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ROCKHOUSE
ROCKHOUSE
1 Project: RockHouseArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2004
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisThe RockHouse demonstrates a continuity of regional modern-ist traditions deftly combined with specific local site influences. Max created a new prototype for the subtropical house in Flor-ida by using a covered roof terrace to protect the entire home from solar heat gain. This approach is similar to Paul Rudolph’s Umbrella House (Sarasota 1953), however, Max’s incorporation of functional living space advanced the concept further. The RockHouse has become one of Miami’s most iconic homes.
Widespread coverage of the home served to further educate the general public about passive solar design along with other sustainability issues such as the use of local materials, daylight-ing and cross ventilation. The award-winning design has been featured by the Wall Street Journal, HGTV, The Miami Herald, Objekt International (Netherlands), AXXIS (Colombia) and Interior Magisinnet (Nor- way). Additionally, the home was used in the USA Network’s Burn Notice series and several television com-mercials. Most notably, however, the home was cast as a drug lord’s jungle lair in the 2006 film adaptation of Miami Vice.
AwardsAIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence, Rock House, 2005AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, 2004
PublicationsWall Street Journal, Decorbook: Miami, Revista Living (Brasil), AXXIS (Colombia), Objekt Intl (Netherlands), Interiør Magasinet (Norway), East Coast Modern, Atlas of World Landscape Architec-ture, Le Lampe Gras (France), Living with White, Design District Magazine, Tropical Gardens
MediaMiami Vice, Universal Pictures, Burn Notice, USA Network; HGTV
Declaration of responsibility
I have personal knowledge of the nominee’s responsibility for theproject listed above. That responsibility included:
X Largely responsible for designX Project under direction of nominee,X Nominee’s firm executed project Other: Explain
Signature: ___________________
Title/typed name: Jason Adams; VP Strang ArchitectureRelationship of the person signing to the project: Firm Partner
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“What makes us so excited about his work is that it con-tinues the evolution of a spe-cifically Floridian version of Modernism...”
John T. O’ConnorEditor-in-Chief, Tropic Magazine
Locally quarried ‘oolitic’ lime-stone provides a solid base for the home, while the steel canopy floats overhead. This canopy shields the home from solar heat gain while creating space for a stunning open-air terrace.
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Project:TuckmanArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2015
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisAs a ‘current project’, the Tuckman Residence demonstrates the continuous evolution of Max’s designs as they relate to the regional modernist tradition. The design was driven by very site-specific considerations such as views, privacy and solar ori-entation. The pragmatic response of protecting the home from the South Florida sun resulted in the home’s unique aesthetic. The “solar fins” are a custom assemblage of steel, wood and porcelain cladding. Unapologetically modern, the home will be located on the waterfront just south of Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale.
PublicationsTropic MagazineVenice Fort Lauderdale MagazineHousely
Declaration of responsibility
I have personal knowledge of the nominee’s responsibility for theproject listed above. That responsibility included:
X Largely responsible for designX Project under direction of nominee,X Nominee’s firm executed project Other: Explain
Signature: ___________________
Title/typed name: Brad TuckmanRelationship of the person signing to the project: Client/Owner
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Project: Latterner ResidenceArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2008
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisMax has championed the use of local materials in his projects. In addition to visually grounding a project to it’s location, the strate-gy is a sustainable approach that reduces the embodied energy of construction materials. In the Latterner Residence, Max speci-fied Florida Keystone as the principal cladding for the home.
Ensconced in the subtropical wildness of Miami’s Coconut Grove, the residence conjures up images of a architectural relic carved out of the jungle. The surrounding garden is dominated by an “anything grows” strategy. Amidst the green chaos sits the refined structure of exposed concrete and Florida keystone. The permanence of the home’s architecture offers a stark contrast to the ever-changing foliage that surrounds it.
AwardsAIA FLORIDA Merit Award of Excellence, 2010 AIA MIAMI Award of Excellence, 2009
PublicationsAtlas of World Landscape Architecture, Tropical Gardens, Florida Travel & Life, Tropical Living
Declaration of responsibility
I have personal knowledge of the nominee’s responsibility for theproject listed above. That responsibility included:
X Largely responsible for designX Project under direction of nominee,X Nominee’s firm executed project Other: Explain
Signature: ___________________
Title/typed name: Ruth LatternerRelationship of the person signing to the project: Client/Owner
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“Strang’s work often follows a more-than-centu-ry old Miami tradition of buildings that, though in-tensely local, also evoke more exotic and faraway places.”
Beth DunlopEditor-in-Chief, Modern Magazine
Max masterfully brought together raw materials and exquisite detailing. The wooden louvers adapt the home to its subtropical environment, as did many of the Florida’s midcentury modern homes.
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Project: Kampong CenterArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2007
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisIn an interview with METROPOLIS magazine, architect Max Strang takes a reverential view of the Kampong, a botanical garden and research center on the shores of Miami’s Biscayne Bay. “I consider it sacred space,” he says. The Kampong’s collection of rare flora alone might qualify it for that descriptor but Strang is also talking about history. The Kampong occupies the former estate of horticultural explorer David Fairchild, who in the 1930s sat in his living room with fellow conservationists Marjory Stoneman Douglas and Ernest Coe and planned the creation of Everglades National Park, South Florida’s greatest ecological treasure.
It was with that legacy in mind that Strang designed the gar-den’s new education center. Strang adopted the old estate’s local material, oolitic limestone, to create a clean-lined, environ-mentally sensitive structure. The new pavilion, which opened in 2007, is a multi-purpose space which hosts symposia, exhi-bitions, concerts and fundraisers. Strang also seized the the chance to contribute to the long-overdue conversation about water use. The rooftop terrace doubles as a rainwater catch-ment area, channeling water through pipes concealed within the support piers into underground cisterns. It takes about four weeks of average rainfall to fill up the two 10,0000-gallon tanks, which irrigate the garden during dry spells. “This project demonstrates how easy it is to reduce our reliance on the mu-nicipal water supply,” Strang says, “So water can be redirected to places that need it most, such as the Everglades.”
Awards AIA MIAMI Merit Award for Architecture, 2007
PublicationsMiami Herald, Home Miami
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Title/typed name: Mike Maunder; Director of Kampong Relationship of the person signing to the project: Client
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“The result is a timelessness and a connection to place that makes Strang’s work soperfect for south Florida”
John T. O’Connor (Tropic Magazine)
The National Tropical Botanic Garden’s “Kampong” is on the National Historic Register. Max’s addition complements the original architecture while showcasing many passive design and sustainability features.
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Project: San Marco IslandArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2013
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisAn intriguing, yet private entrance to this home releases into a light-filled and transparent arrangement of living spaces with expansive views of Biscayne Bay. Here, Max outfitted the south-facing residence with various sun-shading strate-gies such as dynamic cantilevers and louvered walls to adapt the home to its subtropical setting. The deep overhangs and articulated skin are in keeping with the regional traditions pioneered by Florida’s midcentury modern movement. As such, the San Marco Residence keeps the optimistic spirit of this movement alive.
The home is raised above the existing grade to better accom-modate the occasional hurricane “storm surge” and also to confront longer-term sea level challenges. A raised internal courtyard, however, provides the appearance and conve-nience of a garden lifestyle.
AwardsHGTV, Fresh Faces of Design: Big City Digs Finalist, 2015
PublicationsThe New York Times, Playboy, TREND (Israel), Miami Mod-ern, LUXE, Byspace International (China), Berlogos (Russia), Decorbook: Miami, Home Adore
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Title/typed name: Isabelle Peribere; Interior DesignerRelationship of the person signing to the project: Client/Owner
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“The true importance of Sarasota Modern— and how it influenced Strang most directly— is its insistence on both incorporating each site’s unique character-istics into the larger design and creating a clear con-nection between the architecture and its surround-ing environment.” VENICE Magazine
While the home presents a very private appearance on its busy street frontage, the courtyard design creates a light-filled living experience and the maximum transparency is reserved for its views on Biscayne Bay. This home advanc-es design concepts first proposed by early practitioners of the Sarasota School of Architecture movement.
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Project: Lakehouse ResidenceArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2012
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisLocated on a small lake in Central Florida, this home incor-porates important “passive” environmental design con-cepts that result in abundant day-lighting and cross-venti-lation potential. Generous eight-foot overhangs shelter the walls of glass from the Florida sun and a narrow courtyard amplifies the arrival experience and creates privacy. Upon completion, the home represented the largest residential application of Reysyta, a sustainable non-wood product.
AwardsAIA MIAMI Excellence in Architecture Award, 2012
PublicationsNew York Times, Playboy, Design Book, Objekt Intl, Flori-da Design, ArchDaily, Berlogos (Russia), Archlinea, Design District Magazine, East Coast Modern, Lakeland Ledger, Winter Haven News Chief
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Title/typed name: Carl J. StrangRelationship of the person signing to the project: Client/Owner
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“[HIS] work continues his combined interest in innovative technologies andmodernism...”
Hilary LewisSenior Editor, Tropic Magazine
Resysta, an innovative material made from rice husks, mineral oil and salt, was championed by Max for use in the LakeHouse project. Max demonstrated that this sustainable choice can be used in place of endangered tropical hardwood materials. Resysta was used on the interior and exterior of the home and represented the largest resi-dential use of the new product, when the home was completed.
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Project: Biscayne Bay ResidenceArchitecture Firm of Record: Max Strang Architecture
Design firm: Max Strang Architecture
Completion date: 2012
Role of Nominee: Principal Architect
SynopsisThis design adroitly incorporates a 25m lap pool within a small site. The pool becomes a governing feature of the overall design as it plunges deep into the heart of the home. The second floor of the home is cantilevered above the pool below. Principal building materials include clean white stucco and “Florida keystone”. Impact-resistant sliding glass doors are used throughout and the presence of an internal court-yard breathes light and air into the many living spaces. Deep overhangs protect the home from the harsh afternoon sun and frequent downpours.
AwardsAIA FLORIDA Excellence In Architecture, 2014AIA MIAMI Merit Award of Excellence, 2014Worlds Greatest Pools, 2015
PublicationsTropic, Living Well (Poland), Haus Inside (Germany), Byspace Internationl (China), China Hightone, Architecturebeast, In-spired Homeideas, KMP Furniture
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Title/typed name: Jason Adams; VP Strang ArchitectureRelationship of the person signing to the project: Firm Parnter
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“This is honest architecture, and never has that been more true than in [this] project...on the edge of Biscayne Bay”
John T. O’Conner(Tropic Magazine)
Confronted with the challenge of incorporating a 25m lap pool onto a very narrow site, Max demonstrated how the architecture of the home could be influenced by such a requirement. Thus, the entire second floor of the home cantilevers above the lap pool as it plunges into the heart of the home. Views of the pool and the bay are experi-enced from almost every room in the house.
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