Andres Viglucci

Waymo, the self-driving vehicle company owned by Google parent Alphabet, has announced it’s bringing its driverless robotaxis to Miami amid wide-ranging questions about their safety and an ongoing federal investigation into collisions involving its cars in cities where the service is already operating.

Meet the design icon that was the force behind two cultural institutions — Biba in London and the Art Deco revival in Miami Beach.

‘This looks like something done by a decorator they picked up in Naples.’

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‘This is very preliminary, but it works.’

‘I never met anyone more dedicated to open government and the public’s right to know.’

Nearly a year after Miami’s historic preservation board declared part of a newly discovered prehistoric indigenous site on the Miami River in Brickell a protected archaeological landmark, it’s still unclear how the rich trove of artifacts and other findings unearthed from it will be safely stored or exhibited — or who will pay for it.

In Miami’s imperiled Little Haiti, the developers who stunned the neighborhood at the end of 2022 by snapping up a bundle of main-street commercial properties are trying something different and unexpected.

“You don’t sacrifice what makes Miami Beach special for 30 residences for very wealthy people.”

Some architects dream of building lofty skyscrapers or attention-grabbing homes for the rich and famous.