Bernardo Fort-Brescia is a US-based Peruvian businessman and architect. He is the co-founder of the architectural firm

Arquitectonica Arquitectonica is an international architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and urban planning design firm headquartered in Miami, Florida’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The firm also has offices in ten other cities throughout ...

. He is a fellow of the

American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the AIA offers education, government advocacy, community redevelopment, and public outreach to su ...

(AIA). He won the AIA Silver Medal. He is also an heir to

Grupo Breca Grupo Breca, also known as Grupo Brescia, is a Peruvian business conglomerate founded more than 130 years ago with operations in Peru and other countries in Latin America. Fortunato Brescia and his wife, Mrs. María Catalina Cafferata, are the g ...

Early life

Bernardo Fort-Brescia was born in Lima, Peru on November 19, 1951 into the Brescia family. His Italian-born grandfather,

Fortunato Brescia Tassano Fortunato Brescia Tassano (died 1951) was an Italian-born Peruvian businessman who founded Grupo Breca, a real estate company-turned-conglomerate. He emigrated to Peru in 1889. References 1951 deaths Italian emigrants to Peru 20th-century ...

, founded

, a real estate company-turned-conglomerate. His mother,

Rosa Brescia Cafferata Rosa Brescia Cafferata (born ) is a Peruvian billionaire heiress and philanthropist. With her children, she owns 30% of Grupo Breca Grupo Breca, also known as Grupo Brescia, is a Peruvian business conglomerate founded more than 130 years ago w ...

, is a billionaire heiress. His brother

Alex Fort Brescia Alex Fort Brescia is a Peruvian businessman. He is the co-chairman of Grupo Breca, a family conglomerate, and BBVA Continental, a Peruvian bank. Early life Alex Fort Brescia was born on October 16, 1957, in Lima, Peru into the billionaire Br ...

, is a businessman. Fort-Brescia studied architecture and urban planning at

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...

and obtained his master's degree in architecture from

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

. With his brother, Fort-Brescia manages his mother's investments in Grupo Breca, their family conglomerate.

Selected projects

Bronx Museum of the Arts The Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), also called the Bronx Museum of Art or simply the Bronx Museum, is an American cultural institution located in Concourse, Bronx, New York. The museum focuses on contemporary and 20th-century works created by ...

, Bronx, New York *

Atlantis Condominium The Atlantis Condominium is a landmark 20-story luxury condominium building in Miami, Florida. It was built between 1980–1982, and was designed by the architectural firm Arquitectonica. The building is known for its glass facade and primary col ...

, Miami, Florida *

Brickell City Centre Brickell City Centre is a large mixed-use complex consisting of two residential high-rise towers, two office buildings, a high-rise hotel, and an interconnected five-story shopping mall and lifestyle center covering located in the Brickell dis ...

, Miami, Florida * Grand Hyatt San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas *

The Infinity The Infinity or 300 Spear Street is a mixed-use residential condominium development in the Rincon Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California consisting of 2 high-rise towers and 2 low-rise buildings. The four buildings contain 650 residentia ...

, San Francisco, California *

Philips Arena State Farm Arena (formerly Philips Arena) is a multi-purpose arena located in Atlanta, Georgia. The arena serves as the home venue for the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Atlanta Hawks. It also served as home to the National Hockey Leag ...

, Atlanta, Georgia *

City of Dreams (casino) City of Dreams (, Portuguese: Cidade dos Sonhos) is a casino resort in Cotai, Macau, SAR of People's Republic of China. Built, owned and managed by Melco Resorts & Entertainment, the resort, also known as CoD or CoD Macau, opened on June 1, ...

Resort, Macau, China * TaiKoo Hui, Guangzhou * International Finance Center, Seoul, South Korea *

SMX Convention Center The SMX Convention Center Manila is a convention center located in Pasay, Philippines. It is the largest private venue in the Philippines for trade events, industry conventions, corporate functions, and international exhibitions. The buildi ...

, Pasay, Manila *

Festival Walk Festival Walk is a shopping centre in Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong developed jointly by Swire Properties and CITIC Pacific between 1993 and 1998. At the time of its opening in November 1998, it was the biggest shopping mall in Hong Kong. Festiv ...

, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon *

Icon Brickell The Icon Brickell complex is an urban development center in Miami, Florida, United States. It is located on the south side of the Miami River in Downtown's northern Brickell Financial District. The complex consists of three skyscrapers and t ...

, Miami, Florida *

PortMiami Tunnel The Port of Miami Tunnel (also State Road 887) is a bored, undersea tunnel in Miami, Florida. It consists of two parallel tunnels (one in each direction) that travel beneath Biscayne Bay, connecting the MacArthur Causeway on Watson Island wit ...

, Miami, Florida *

Jorge Chavez International Airport Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος ('' Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' ...

, Lima, Peru *Port of Xiamen Cruise Ship Terminals and Mixed-use Development, Xiamen, China *Microsoft European Headquarters, Paris, France *University of Miami School of Architecture Design Studio, Coral Gables, Florida *University of Miami Donna E. Shalala Student Center, Coral Gables, Florida *University of Miami Student Housing Village, Coral Gables, Florida *Florida International University School of International and Public Affairs, Miami, Florida *United States Embassy, Lima, Peru *Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Shanghai, China *Whirlpool U.S. Headquarters, Benton, Michigan *

Cyberport Cyberport is a business park in Southern District, Hong Kong consisting of four office buildings, a hotel, and a retail entertainment complex. It describes itself as a digital technology community with over 1,800 (800 on-site and 1,0 ...

Technology Campus and Le Meridien Hotel, Hong Kong, China *Miami City Ballet, Miami Beach, Florida *

American Airlines Arena FTX Arena (known as American Airlines Arena from 1999 to 2021) is a multi-purpose arena located in Miami, Florida, along Biscayne Bay. It was constructed beginning in 1998 as a replacement for the Miami Arena and designed by the architecture f ...

, Miami, Florida *High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture, New York, New York *Westin New York at Times Square, New York, New York *SLS Lux Brickell Hotel and Residences, Miami, Florida *Lake Nona Town Center Hotel, Orlando, Florida *South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center, Miami, Florida *Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, Florida *Banco de Credito del Peru Headquarters, Lima, Peru

Exhibitions

*City of Culture: New Architecture for the Arts, New York, New York *Pratt Institute 50 Years of Record Houses, New York, New York *Exposition Cité de l'Architecture, Paris, France *Municipal Art Society, New York, New York *The Skyscraper Museum, New York, New York *The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, Chicago, Italy and Greece *Urban Land Institute, Miami Beach, Florida *Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York *Smith College Art Gallery *The Sixth International Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy *Phillipe Uzzan, Paris *Gallery MA, Tokyo, Japan *Centrum voor Architectuur en Stedebouw, Brussels, Belgium *Stadt Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt, Germany *Architekturforum, Zurich, Switzerland *Ontvangsthal Veldkamp, Raalte, Netherlands *Galerie Westersingel 8, Rotterdam, Netherlands *Gemeente Bibliotheek, Middelburg, Netherlands *Arc en Reve, Bordeaux, France *Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Florida *Institut Francais d’ Architecture (IFA), Paris, France *Bienal de Buenos Aires *Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *Bienale de Paris, France *Yale University, “Young Architects”, New Haven, Connecticut

Lectures and jury panels

University of Miami The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida. , the university enrolled 19,096 students in 12 colleges and schools across nearly 350 academic majors and programs, incl ...

Real Estate Impact Conference “Global Urban Design and Miami 2020” *Perspective Architecture Awards Judging Panel *Head Juror, American Institute of Architects Columbus Design Awards *

National Convention Presentation, “Miami: Public Buildings for Urban Regeneration” *

MIPIM MIPIM (in French, Le Marché International des Professionnels de L’immobilier) is an international property event hosted in Cannes, France, each March. It is hosted by Reed MIDEM and includes an exhibition area, networking events and conference ...

Lecture Panel “My Architect(s): Genuine visions to address global cities challenges / Berlin-*London-Los Angeles-New York-Paris-Rotterdam-Seoul-Tokyo” *

Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is an international body in the field of tall buildings and sustainable urban design. A non-profit organization based at the Monroe Building in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States ...

(CTBUH) Conference, Mumbai - “Remaking of Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age” - Cities Within Cities *Keynote Speaker at MUDD (Mixed-use Design Development) Asia *Abu Dhabi, Cityscape Green & Sustainable Design Discussion Panel *Abu Dhabi CityScape, National Exhibition Centre “Is Sustainability Cost Effective?” *Ohio Construction Conference: “Design Review” - The Builders Exchange of Central Ohio *

Urban Land Institute The Urban Land Institute, or ULI, is a nonprofit research and education organization with regional offices in Washington, D.C., Hong Kong, and London. ULI advocates progressive development, conducting research, and education in topics such as s ...

Stararchitects Working on the Las Vegas Strip, Las Vegas, Nevada *American Institute of Architects Academy of Architecture for Justice Sustainable Justice 6th International Conference on Courthouse Design, New York, New York *Buenos Aires Bienal, Buenos Aires, Argentina *

National Building Museum The National Building Museum is located at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning". It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private Non-profit org ...

: Honor Award - Salute to The Related Companies / The Related Group, Washington DC *American Institute of Architects New York Chapter Architecture Inside/Out Housing Committee and The American Planning Association's New York Metro Chapter Waterfront Committee: New Waterfront Housing *World Architecture Congress at Cityscape China: Emotion and Reason: Architecture in the age of Social and Environmental Responsibility, from Shelter to Architecture, Shanghai, China *San Francisco Real Estate Brokers: New Trends in Residential Building Design, San Francisco, California

References

External links

Arquitectonica website

The Architects Who Made Miami ‘Magic’

Landmark firm Arquitectonica continues to shape Miami and beyond
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