Your Guide to the Ultimate Miami Spring Break

This might just be the best month of the year — it’s the first day of spring (despite the weather), March Madness is starting, and the A+Awards public voting is live. And who could forget Spring Break? Get out your towels and dust off your sandals, because we are here to show you the best of Miami’s Spring Break Architecture. (Spoiler alert: One of them is a past A+Award winner.)

Your guide to Architectural Spring Breaking in Miami…

Bentley Hotel by URBAN ROBOT ASSOCIATES

A dash of old-school Miami gives this hotel a local feel, while stunning beach views from the sundeck would make anyone feel at home while bonging a beer.

Leslie Hotelby DN’A Design & Architecture

This small hotel features a rooftop pool deck where any drink would taste good.

Coral Gables House by Touzet Studio Architecture and Design

If you can, use Airbnb to conjure up one of Miami’s many insane Modernist villas.

Aqua Miami Apartment by Alexander Gorlin Architects

Or maybe find an apartment in one of the beachside towers. The views don’t get much better, and many have some distinct Miami character.

Aqua Townhouse by Suzanne Martinson Architects, Inc.

If you really want to go Miami, get a New Urbanist neo-vernacular townhouse and walk everywhere.

Flexible Room by Studio AID

One of the advantages of Florida is the abundance of sunrooms, otherwise known as Florida rooms. An particularly inviting example is this one, which features a Shigeru Ban-like curtain that can be drawn for privacy, but never loses its breeziness.

1111 Lincoln Rd by Herzog + de Meuron

Make sure you find time to do something near this parking garage so you can park there. The developer of the project, Robert Wennett received the Patron of the Year award in 2014 for his creative commission of a Swiss power-firm to design a garage.

The Atlantis by Arquitectonica

This Miami masterpiece is worth visiting just to get a glimpse of the excess of the 80s, even if you aren’t Tony Montana.