11.04.2024

A “Sunday in October” was a perfect day of stewardship and recognition. A landmark home played host.

In the spirit of generosity and gratitude, the Board of Directors of the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables invited friends and benefactors of the George Giving Society to enjoy an afternoon of champagne, celebration, and conversation.

06.28.2024

Fourth Annual Founder’s Day Ceremony in Coral Gables held on June 3 2024

At this 4th annual Founder’s Day tribute, sponsored by the Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables, and hosted by the Merrick House Governing Board, guests and dignitaries were reminded of one of the primary sources of Merrick’s vision — the 1832 book by American novelist Washington Irving,

06.25.2024

2024 Docomomo US National Symposium. It was a big deal, actually a very big deal.

The symposium brought attendees from around the U.S. to experience “one of the country’s richest collections of mid-century and postmodern architecture.”

12.12.2018

Get ready for a Brute Awakening Saturday, January 19, 2019

The five-star panel will discuss the emerging interest in the Brutalist movement, its buildings, and the need to preserve such structures.

09.07.2018

Coral Gables swaps its only Brutalist-style building

The Coral Gables Public Safety Building is of new world Brutalist design rare among a plethora of old world architecture in a city founded in the early 1920s. 

07.14.2018

Only in Miami, straight from New York! Eminent New York Design Historian and Author Electrifies Coral Gables and Miami Society at Book Launching and Signing

The widely admired design historian and New York gallery owner Emily Evans Eerdmans was invited by Historic Preservation Association of Coral Gables

06.23.2018

Saving the last of its kind. Say NO to Demolition.

This 1923 building was the first office of the Coral Gables Construction Company–George Merrick’s company. This building precedes Coral Gables City Hall. Denman Fink oversaw construction.

05.14.2018

Only in Miami! Tuesday June 5, 2018

Eminent design historian Emily Evans Eerdmans will present on the Parisian interior design legend Henri Samuel.

05.01.2018

See it before it is gone. done. no more. kaput.

The 1970’s brutalist design of the building at 2801 Salzedo Street is an important architectural style typical of the era.