The Tribute Has Landed

Related Content

• Reader Mail: South Beach Tow Companies Are the Biggest Scam on Earth
  April 18, 2013
• Stolen Car Chase Ends When Thieves Crash Into Tree
  May 24, 2013
• Armed Bounty Hunters Burst into David Barton Gym Showers
  May 16, 2013
• Andrew Mirmelli Defends His Parking Lot on 17th Street and Lenox Avenue
  May 6, 2013
• Fillmore Miami Beach Won't Be Bulldozed! Developers to "Preserve" After Public Outcry
  April 24, 2013

More About

• Miami Beach
• University of Miami School of Architecture
• Miami Beach Pier Museum
• Human Rights
• Human Rights

Florida's peninsular shape has often looked like a hand extended in friendship to refugees seeking political asylum in the United States. Now, Miami Beach will honor the courageous people who traveled dangerous waters in search of freedom, by constructing the Miami Beach Pier Museum, a so-called horizontal monument to America's immigrants. To that end, a design competition was recently held by the University of Miami School of Architecture, and the top three designs have been chosen by a panel of jurors organized by the Peruvian firm Arquitectum.

This Wednesday, see the results and hear the panel of jurors speak about the project and the competition's winners at the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center on UM's campus. The discussion begins at 6 p.m., followed by an exhibition of the work and a reception.

Admission is free.
Wed., Sept. 2, 6 p.m., 2009