The City of Miami Beach Historic Preservation Board has unanimously approved the Casa Cipriani project at 36th street and Collins Avenue. “Casa Cipriani strikes the perfect balance between contemporary European design and the characteristic joyful ambiance of Miami Beach’s historic hotels. It recaptures and reimagines the elegance of the 1940s and 1950s Miami Beach where the Grand Dame hotels, including properties such as Roy France’s 1948 Saxony Hotel and Morris Lapidus’ 1954 Fontainebleau Hotel, made Collins Avenue an architectural marvel and Miami Beach ‘America’s Playground.’ Brandon Haw’s Casa Cipriani is a contemporary Grand Dame.”