Q & A with Luigi Vitalini, a Miami architect who says Florida hotels are becoming quirkier than New York’s

While hotel occupancies are up, it’s been a rough go of it for Florida’s lodging industry of late. But a few new hotels are due to open on Miami Beach, and they all have one thing in common: Luigi Vitalini. The Italian-born architect moved to Miami as a teenager and studied at the University of Miami. He operates VC Architects in Coral Gables with partner Pablo Corazzini, and has designed the already-open Sense Hotel, along with the soon-to-open Prime Hotel and Villa Italia, which will open in the fall. The hotels are low-scale, between 14 and 18 rooms each. Vitalini spoke with The Real Deal about his projects and the state of design in Miami.  

How does Miami hotel design compare with New York?
I do think a lot of the hotels that we’ve been getting here in Miami are starting to become comparable, in terms of creativity, with some of the New York hotels. They’re starting to do a lot of design, more quirky than in New York. I think in Miami with the sun and the beaches you can get a little more playful in general.

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