The newly elected mayor of Miami Beach has made good on his promise to kill the Rem Koolhaas-designed plan to redevelop the Miami Beach Convention Center. After pitting Koolhaas against his protégé, Bjarke Ingels, in vying for the bid, the development team has been cut out of the loop, while the mayor and the planning commission look to update the existing center with city funds. [The Architect's Newspaper; previously]
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