Built in the 1920s as a furniture warehouse and showroom, The Moore’s 90,000-square-feet has anchored Miami’s Design District even as its function and design has shifted over time. The landmark’s latest era integrates new dining, members club, hotel, and workplace. ICRAVE and Studio Collective drew from the heritage of the site, and an existing Zaha Hadid sculpture that stretches the atrium, to usher in The Moore’s modern epoch.
The first floor is a sun-drenched space that falls underneath a 4-story interior arcade. It now houses the restaurant, Elastika, whose name takes after Hadid’s sculpture from 2005. The design complements the sculpture, emphasizing the soaring limbs overhead with low-slung seating and earthy color palette. Intended to feel like a lobby for the Design District, the design concept is airy and open. Latin-influenced decor and tiling complement this sculpture. At the rear, the space is reserved for the members of The Club, a private social club. In this space, the design feels like a continuation of the atrium sculpture with more shapely additions that geometrically curve overhead.
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