Surfcomber Hotel
| The Surfcomber Hotel Miami, South Beach, a Kimpton Hotel | |
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| General information | |
| Location | South Beach, Miami Beach, Florida |
| Address | 1717 Collins Avenue |
| Coordinates | 25°47′34″N 80°7′46″W / 25.79278°N 80.12944°WCoordinates: 25°47′34″N 80°7′46″W / 25.79278°N 80.12944°W |
| Opening | 1948 |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 186 |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
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www.surfcomber.com 
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www.surfcomber.com
Surfcomber is a boutique hotel in the historic art-deco district of South Beach, Miami, Florida. The Surfcomber was built in 1948. It was acquired by the Kimpton hotel chain in April 2011 and reopened after a full renovation by Kimpton on December 1, 2011. The hotel managed to sell out in the opening week which occurred during Art Basel Miami Beach. The hotel is known for throwing some of the biggest and most anticipated pool parties each year in Miami and served as headquarters for MTV during the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and for Bud Light during Super Bowl XLIV. It is classified as a 4-star resort property.
The style of the hotel is an example of transitional architecture, bridging the ornamental styles of art deco from the 1930s with the streamlined and modern graphics language of the late forties and fifties. The architectural firm, MacKay & Gibbs, was also responsible for the design of several other art deco hotels in Miami, including the Sherbrooke Hotel, built in 1947.
The Surfcomber is one of many historic buildings in the Miami Beach Architectural District, also called the Miami Beach Art Deco District. Art Deco is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s and 40s. The Miami Beach Architectural District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It has the largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the world and comprises hundreds of hotels, apartments and other structures built from the 1920s to the 1940s. It is roughly bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, 6th Street, Alton Road, Dade Boulevard and 23rd Street in Miami Beach.
The hotel is located on the shore of Miami’s South Beach allowing direct access to the beach.
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