Architecture in Miami is defined by a number of contrasting styles. More recently, big name architects including Zaha Hadid, Rem Koolhaas, Bjarke Ingels, and Norman Foster have been asked to complete new buildings in Miami, adding to the region’s emerging cultural scene.

Miami Modernist Architecture is a regional style of architecture that developed in South Florida during the post-war period as a response to the International Style of architecture. It also came into being due to the demands of clients, who wanted themes of glamour, fun, and material excess to replace the otherwise stark, minimalist, and efficient styles of the previous generation. The style can be most observed today in Middle and Upper Miami Beach along Collins Avenue, as well as along the Biscayne Boulevard corridor starting from around Midtown, through the Design District and into the Upper Eastside.