Casa Faena, on

Collins Avenue Collins Avenue, partly co-signed State Road A1A, is a major thoroughfare in South Florida, United States. The road runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean in Miami Beach, Florida, one block west. It also runs through the cities of Surfside and S ...

Miami Beach, Florida Miami Beach is a coastal resort city in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It was incorporated on March 26, 1915. The municipality is located on natural and artificial island, man-made barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and Biscayne Bay, the ...

, is a

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built in 1928. It was designed by prolific local architect

Martin L. Hampton Martin Luther Hampton (August 3, 1890 in Laurens, South Carolina – 1950 in Dade County) was an architect in Florida. After studying at the Columbia University in New York he settled in 1914 in Miami. Many of his buildings are listed on the Natio ...

, who also designed Miami Beach City Hall and who "was a master of the

Mediterranean Revival Mediterranean Revival is an architectural style introduced in the United States, Canada, and certain other countries in the 19th century. It incorporated references from Spanish Renaissance, Spanish Colonial, Italian Renaissance, French Colonial ...

style". It was opened as an apartment building named El Paraiso Apartments, originally with two hotel rooms and 18 apartment units. The property was leased by the

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during World War II. It is listed on the

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as a Mediterranean Revival-style

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in the Collins Waterfront Architectural District, with indication that it was completed in 1930. Other buildings designed by Hampton in the district include the La Corona Apartments (1923) at 2814 Collins Avenue, Hampton Court (1924), and the Embassy Hotel (1935) at 2940 Collins Avenue. () The hotel now has 50 guest rooms and suites. It has been listed by the

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as a member of the

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since 2015.

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Hotels in Miami Beach, Florida Mediterranean Revival architecture in Florida Buildings and structures completed in 1928 Historic Hotels of America {{Florida-stub

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