Concrete Beach Brewery, Miami. Click on the photos above, or read the details below, to learn more about this eye-catching brewery.
’ROUND AND ’ROUND
The indoor/outdoor round bar is made of cast concrete with a smoothly honed top. For the bar surround, the woodgrain pattern on the slab from the casting process was intentionally left intact for contrast. Hand-torched wood planks complete the authentic look.
SIREN SONG
Integrally pigmented concrete was used as flooring throughout the space. Near the bar area, it’s accented by a 12-foot brass inlay of the brewery’s logo, featuring Sola, described as the “mysterious matriarch” of the city of Miami. “Within her penetrating stare, she reveals our secrets, and with her we are the art and authenticity painted upon the soul of Miami,” or so goes the legend, says Chausey Dickinson, director of branding, Edge of Architecture (Coral Gables, Fla.).
I SPY…
Floor-to-ceiling windows allow patrons to view the two-story brewery’s back of house. The brewing area is filled with large copper fermentation tanks and other equipment used to produce an array of year-round and seasonal craft beers.
ANOTHER MAN’S TREASURE
Repurposing an old warehouse space into a brewery required the demolition of the existing concrete floor. Rather than dispose of the resulting rubble, the design team recycled the concrete chunks to form a 16-foot feature wall within the bar, referenced by the location’s moniker.
UPCYCLING
Steel gabion cages filled with rubble debris are illuminated by recessed floor up-lighting. The fortified look is carried to the exterior, where courtyard walls are formed by the cages and concrete pieces.
PROJECT SUPPLIERS
Retailer
Concrete Beach Brewery, Miami
Design
Edge of Architecture (EoD) Inc., Coral Gables, Fla.: Malcolm Berg, design director; Leslie Schultz, senior interior designer; Chausey Dickinson, branding director; Howard Bogis, architectural designer; Ross Downing, architectural designer
Architecture
Perkins + Will, Coral Gables, Fla.
Art and Accessories
Big Ass Fans, Lexington, Ky.
General Contractor
Amicon Construction, Miami
Materials/Wallcoverings
Majlite Corp, Dracute, Mass.
Cortina Leather
Furniture, Casegoods
Diversified Building Concepts, Largo, Fla.
Urban Wood Goods, Gurnee, Ill.
Outdoor/Casual Furniture, Seating, Tables
Deltropico Designs, Miami
IAP, Oakland, Calif.
Kannoa USA, Miami
Le Jeune Upholstery Inc., Miami
Moore & Giles, Forrest, Va.
Lee Industries, Conover, N.C.
Lighting
Urban Archaeology, New York
American Lighting, Miami
Conant Metal and Light, Burlington, Vt.
Flooring
Concrete Masters USA, Atlanta
Photography: Moris Moreno, Moris Moreno Photography, Miami