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The Bacardi Building, the former headquarters of Bacardi USA, is a landmark of Midtown Miami. The building was designed by Cuban architect Enrique Gutierrez in 1963. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed it on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places as Bacardi USA.
Map of Bacardi Bldg, 2100 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL 33137, USA
Around 2009, Miami citizens began a campaign to label the buildings as "historic". University of Miami professor of architecture Allan Shulman said "Miami's brand is its identity as a tropical city. The Bacardi buildings are exactly the sort that resonate with our consciousness of what Miami is about". In 2007 Chad Oppenheim, the head of Oppenheim Architecture + Design, described the Bacardi buildings as "elegant, with a Modernist [look combined with] a local flavour."
The current Bacardi headquarters is at 2701 Le Jeune Road in Coral Gables, Florida.
Currently the Bacardi Building(s) are occupied by "Young Arts" a national non profit that contributes to the development of the careers of school age artists. Youngarts.org.