R & R Studios

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"The Home We Share" (Forget-Me-Nor), Princeton University, New Jersey.

R&R Studios is a Miami-based design collective established by architects and artists Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt. [1]

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Architecture and Art

Among their works are "M", "The Living Room", "Besame Mucho", and "The Home We Share".

Biography

The founders of the studio, Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, were born in Argentina and have known one another since the age of twelve. [2] Behar and Marquardt received their diplomas in architecture together from the Universidad Nacional de Rosario in Argentina. Behar also completed postgraduate study at the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York City, was a visiting artist at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, and received a visiting artist fellowship from the American Academy in Rome. [3] They have taught, lectured, and served as visiting critics at major universities, including Harvard GSD, Yale University, Cornell University, Universita IUAV di Venezia, Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne, and the University of Maryland. [4] Behar and Marquardt both currently teach at the University of Miami School of Architecture. [5] [6]

Projects

NameCountryStateCity
The Living RoomUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami Design District
A Midsummer Night's DreamUnited States of AmericaFloridaCoral Gables
I Love You (Concept)United States of AmericaFloridaMiami Design District
SupernovaUnited States of AmericaCaliforniaIndio
Museum of Art Fort LauderdaleUnited States of AmericaFloridaFt. Lauderdale
Roosevelt Station Plaza and SculptureUnited States of AmericaWashingtonSeattle
All Together NowUnited States of AmericaColoradoDenver
Flowers & FlowersUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami Beach
Peace & LoveUnited States of AmericaFloridaParkland
The Peace ProjectUnited States of AmericaColoradoDenver
Valby Square and Town CenterDenmarkCopenhagen
MUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Opa-Locka Open RoomUnited States of AmericaFloridaOpa-Locka
Beauty for All (Concept)United States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Flower Power FlagUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Biblioteca CentralArgentinaRosario
Plaza IsraelArgentinaBuenos Aires
Nordhavnen Sustainable CityDenmarkCopenhagen
The Star of MiamiUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Rhode Island Intermodal StationUnited States of AmericaRhode IslandWarwick
Besame MuchoUnited States of AmericaCaliforniaIndio
Darsena Norte (Concept)ArgentinaBuenos Aires
OracabessaJamaicaOracabessa
The Absent CityUnited States of AmericaWisconsinMadison
Cruaute Et UtopieBelgiumBrussels
A Place in the WorldUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Coquina PoolUnited States of AmericaFloridaRosemary Beach
I Love You, A Travelling SquareUnited States of AmericaVirginiaAlexandria
The Sky Above UsUnited States of AmericaFloridaMiami
Church of GuadalupeUnited States of AmericaIndianaMilford
University of Miami Entrance PlazaUnited States of AmericaFloridaCoral Gables
Instant HappinessArgentinaBuenos Aires
Building BlocksUnited States of AmericaPuerto RicoSan Juan
Los Pasos PerdidosBelgiumBrussels
Bicentennial Monument and SquareMexicoMexico City
The Dreaming RoomUnited States of AmericaNew JerseyPrinceton
Flower Fields ForeverUnited States of AmericaNew JerseyPrinceton
Forget Me NotUnited States of AmericaNew JerseyPrinceton

Exhibitions

Publications

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  9. "MUSEUM WORKS". R&R STUDIOS. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
  10. "M". R&R STUDIOS. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
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