{"id":257086,"date":"2025-10-28T18:26:20","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257086\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:26:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T18:26:20","slug":"diller-scofidio-renfro-cartier-wraps-cartier-miami-in-undulating-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/257086\/","title":{"rendered":"Diller Scofidio + Renfro Cartier wraps Cartier Miami in “undulating glass”"},"content":{"rendered":"

American architecture studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro<\/a> has completed an expansion to the Miami<\/a> flagship store of jewellery brand Cartier, which has a bulbous facade informed by a vintage Cartier piece.<\/p>\n

Located in Miami’s Design District<\/a>, on the corner of NE 39th St and the walking corridor Paseo Ponti, the building has a wraparound facade designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro to be semi-transparent and preserve the store’s “sense of mystique”, according to the studio.<\/p>\n

\"CartierDiller Scofidio + Renfro have completed updates to Cartier’s Miami flagship store<\/p>\n

The glass facade scallops around the building’s perimeter on both levels and forms a cross above its entrance. The glass features a lightly etched pattern “adapted from a 1909 Cartier brooch,” according to Diller Scofidio + Renfro<\/a>\u00a0founding partner Elizabeth Diller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“It’s a privilege to continue our dialogue with Cartier with Miami’s flagship opening in the heart of the Design District,” said Diller.<\/p>\n

\"CartierA pattern informed by a vintage Cartier brooch was etched into the glass<\/p>\n

“We conceived the wraparound facade in undulating glass to draw in passersby while knitting together the store and the street. Etched on its surface is a pattern adapted from a 1909 Cartier brooch, which produces a diaphanous effect, allowing views into the store while preserving its sense of mystique.”<\/p>\n

The two levels of the store are largely open on the interior, which was outfitted by New York-based interior designer Laura Gonzalez<\/a> and informed by Miami’s natural landscape.<\/p>\n

\"CartierThe semi-transparent facade adds to the building’s mystique, according to the studio<\/p>\n

White display units trimmed in a soft gold fill the display floors, which are offset by light pink and blue tones throughout the space. In some corners, such as those that wrap around a display counter on the second level, the walls are rippled.<\/p>\n

Large, white ceiling soffits also contain organically-shaped cut-outs, while the second level contains structural columns covered in leaf-shaped panels.<\/p>\n

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A “VIP room” on the second level also contains a textured column and a ceiling with small orbs that descend along the perimeter. The space is covered in a leafy wallpaper and a light green carpet with a rippled pattern, while the furniture features soft curves.<\/p>\n

The building also contains a roof terrace, which was outfitted with plants and seating areas.<\/p>\n

\"CartierLeaf-shaped panels cover the columns on the second floor<\/p>\n

The two levels are connected by a Camelia-green marble staircase lined in gold stringers and handrails.<\/p>\n

A bright mural depicting coral, palm trees, and Miami’s skyline lines the wall behind it.<\/p>\n

\"CartierA brightly coloured mural backs the staircase<\/p>\n

“I imagined the store as a sensory journey,” said Gonzalez. “Each space evokes a different emotion: vitality and movement at the entrance, intimacy in the VIP lounges on the first floor, conviviality on the terrace with its welcoming, custom-made wavy benches.”<\/p>\n

“The entire journey is designed as a succession of landscapes intended to arouse curiosity and wonder.”<\/p>\n

\"CartierThe VIP room is lined with leaf-patterned wallpaper<\/p>\n

Gonzalez recently completed the Printemps store in New York City’s One Wall Street tower<\/a>, while Diller Scofidio + Renfro completed a mosque in Qatar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the Design District, NBA star Jimmy Butler and DE-YAN collaborated on a coffee shop and retail space<\/a>, and New York studio Sugarhouse Design and Architecture completed a store for fashion brand Cult Gaia with a hand-painted facade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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