The late Charles H. Pawley was born in Haiti and grew up partly in Miami (as a child he also lived in Hong Kong and India), Pawley thought of himself a Miamian.
He was an ardent preservationist and the first president of Dade Heritage Trust as well as chairman of the Vizcayans and an early supporter of the Miami Design Preservation League, and a true believer in the efforts to save the Art Deco District.
In 2005, Pawley led a successful drive to save what is his best-known design, the Caribbean Marketplace. This is the only south Florida building to win an American Institute of Architects national award. Though he designed commercial and institutional buildings, including a wing of the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, his practice focused on houses. One of his early designs for the Lemontree Village won the 1995 Test of Time Award from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects. His work continues to be featured in magazines.
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The late Charles H. Pawley was born in Haiti and grew up partly in Miami (as a child he also lived in Hong Kong and India), Pawley thought of himself a Miamian.
He was an ardent preservationist and the first president of Dade Heritage Trust as well as chairman of the Vizcayans and an early supporter of the Miami Design Preservation League, and a true believer in the efforts to save the Art Deco District.
In 2005, Pawley led a successful drive to save what is his best-known design, the Caribbean Marketplace. This is the only south Florida building to win an American Institute of Architects national award. Though he designed commercial and institutional buildings, including a wing of the Lowe Art Museum in Miami, his practice focused on houses. One of his early designs for the Lemontree Village won the 1995 Test of Time Award from the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects. His work continues to be featured in magazines.