Bacardi Building, International Style office building in Edgewater, Miami, United States
The Bacardi Buildings are two structures on a plaza at 2100 Biscayne Boulevard in Midtown Miami. The Bacardi Imports Tower, built in 1963, is a Modernist tower whose walls carry azulejo murals by Brazilian ceramist Francisco Brennand, earning it the nickname "the blue tile building". Beside it stands the 1973 administration annex, called "The Jewel Box", its four sides covered in a colorful hammered-glass mosaic with a Mesoamerican theme by German artist Johannes M. Dietz.
The building was constructed in 1963 after the Bacardi company relocated its operations from Cuba to Miami. This move happened due to political changes on the island during the early 1960s.
The building carries the name of its original occupant, the Bacardi rum company, which made this its home. Its design and decoration tell a story about connections to Cuban and Latin American business and culture.
The two buildings stand in a plaza at 2100 Biscayne Boulevard, directly above an underground parking garage; elevators connect the garage to both. The National YoungArts Foundation has occupied the complex since 2012. The painted Bacardi logo on the plaza is large enough to be seen from planes arriving at and departing from Miami International Airport.
The plaza sits directly above an underground parking garage, and both buildings are reached from it by elevator. A large painted Bacardi logo on the plaza is visible to planes arriving at and departing from Miami International Airport.
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