MIAMI-Arquitectonica has completed the master plan for Resorts World Miami, a $3-billion mixed-use project Malaysia-based Gentig Group is planning on prime waterfront land in Downtown Miami. The project will become one of the largest development projects in Florida history.

Bernardo Fort-Brescia, co-founder and principal of Arquitectonica, says Resorts World Miami introduces a new vocabulary of architecture to Florida. As he describes it, the architecture is inspired by the ocean and Florida’s coral reefs.

“At Resorts World Miami, building designs echo familiar forms that are part of our identity, including tropical fish and seashells,” Fort-Brescia said in a statement. “When you describe Miami and Florida, you inevitably come back to the water. We have captured that relationship with Resorts World Miami’s design.”

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