The Moore hotel is an apt addition to Miami’s Design District.
If Monet had paint The Muppets , it probably would have looked like a painting on the second base of the Moore Building , an entertainment complex in the Miami Design District . The watercolor - style dabbing of Kermit , Fozzie , and booster light atop bike sticks out as you peruse the upper levels of the latest loop of the Moore , now bedight out in more original art than some city museum .
nontextual matter is n’t just decoration inside the Moore , it ’s the building ’s mortal . Ever since Zaha Hadid installed her famousElastika sculptureacross the Moore ’s central courtyard , the edifice has becomea work of artas much as a deterrent example in history . And this month it catch its crowning achievement : a 15 - room boutique hotel , also calledThe Moore , on the top base that ’s nothing short of a masterpiece of hotel design .
This new spot in Miami’shotel portfoliois both insidious and purposeful in its design , creating an immersive experience in late mid - century nostalgia with custom furniture and intricate detail . And while the nontextual matter on the wall is intriguing and entertaining , what sets the space apart is how it place guests in a different time and place with brilliant subtlety .
Photo by Todd Coleman, courtesy of The Moore
Though today the Moore Building might be easy to omit among the row of retail shop in the Design District , when it was first construct in 1922 , affair were quite the opposite . The realm that ’s now filled with Tom Ford and Fendi was once a sprawl pineapple plant plantation belong to “ Pineapple King ” Theodore V. Moore . He partnered with early Miami developer David P. Davis to construct this neoclassical castle , which stood tall among endless acres of agriculture .
Over the year , the Moore Building has help as everything from a furniture salesroom to an event place . Last year , it began its new liveliness as one of Miami’smembers - only clubs , with anchor restaurant Elastika on the priming story . With the opening of the hotel , the Moore officially begin its latest looping as home base base for theneighborhood ’s ethnic tourism .
“ in the end , it seek to be the primer zero for the Design District ’s moving company and shaker , ” enounce Christian Schulz , design music director and partner at Studio Collective , the group that designed the hotel and club . “ People who come in for both business and leisure time , with a focus on fashion , artwork , and intent . ”
The hotel occupies the quaternary storey , where an interior hallway looks down on the member - only sofa and courtyard . guest can peruse the art on the walls as they discover their way , work the experience more like a pass through a gallery than a journey down a hotel corridor .
The lodgings also seem less like hotel suite and more like TV sets inspire by the former seventies with retro decor benefiting from the aesthetical hindsight of the present tense . roof made from rattan to resemble a chickee field hut convention speak both to early Florida and the rattan craze of the mid 20th 100 . Walls made of white oak tree call to take care a soft rendering of rec rooms from the same era . Fully - stocked wet bars are backlit and give off an aura of Connery - era Bond seductiveness , accented by a tabular array and custom Sossego chairs . These are n’t themed rooms , they let the compilation of small detail verbalize for themselves , allowing guest to lay back in their custom Duxiana beds and take out their own termination .
The room are all large , the smallest clocking in at about 700 square foot , while the deluxe suites top 1,000 . grievous , curved wardrobes and dressers ply the requisite touch of Miami art deco . Light fix are blown methamphetamine nontextual matter pieces , each one unlike .
Lobby at The Moore|Photo by Kris Tamburello, courtesy of The Moore
“ When we designed the space , we wanted to honor the building ’s account , but also weave a multicultural , Pan - American screw thread , ” says Schulz . “ The design is a tribute to the construction ’s yesteryear as a home interior decoration salesroom , with bona fide and tradition furnishings throughout the holding and The Club . ”
The suite are even distinguished . The Green Room feels like a seventies rockstar ’s apartment , with a low-down - slung living room and a back door orifice to the hotel ’s picture gallery and music space , idealistic for impose artists . The La Familia is the hotel ’s great suite , with a curving bird’s-eye view of the Design District below . The inebriate tub is the perfect place from which to take it all in .
Hotel guest are also accord access to The Moore ’s member - only nine , which occupies the 2nd and third floors of the building . And while the art in and around the hotel room is telling , the club is where the purpose truly shines . The hotel ’s rotate creative person - in - residence also have a showcase on the third floor .
Photo by Kris Tamburello, courtesy of The Moore
Behind a nondescript doorway you ’ll find The Rabbit Hole , a speakeasy whose cushiony paries are cover in cosmic tropical art that shine under blacklight . It ’s an instant throwback to the dated decor you may think of from middle school roller skating night or rides on the local bazaar ’s Gravitron , with much better auditory sensation .
The Moore has a pair of restaurant on its club levels too : a sushi restaurant set in an Old Havana - breathe in indoor court and a 1922 members - only dining room . There ’s also an Orange River - hue plot elbow room with deluxe versions of popular card games , adding to the hotel ’s advanced brand of nostalgia . Next door is a billiard room and television waiting area , which , while not cock-a-hoop on nontextual matter , is still great for football Sundays .
Despite all its intricate and heedful design , the hotel does n’t have a great deal of the amenities people come up to Miami for . There ’s no syndicate . There ’s no fittingness eye . There ’s no beach access , though guests do get two beach chairs from Boucher Brothers should they venture across the causeway . Miami ’s newest luxury hotel is very un - Miami in that way , but like everything at the Moore , it ’s by conception .
Photo by Kris Tamburello, courtesy of The Moore
“ This location is less about being a holiday resort or beach goal and more about being a advanced experience in design , ” says Schulz . “ It ’s a more - knowledgeable version of the Faena , and I think outside traveler coming for mode , art , and design will finger at home here . ”
elbow room are n’t cheap — rates go at about $ 800 a night and chain upward of $ 2,500 . Though in a neighborhood where $ 300 t - shirts are n’t unheard of , the price seems about right . And that price fall with access to the hotel ’s coworking infinite , as well as all of The Club ’s conveniences .
So while The Moore hotel might not be a fun - and - sunlight recourse , it is unquestionably mainland Miami ’s coolest new hotel for those expect to immerse themselves in art and design . And , perhaps , just a hint of Muppet - induced mid - century nostalgia .
Photo by Kris Tamburello, courtesy of The Moore
