Sorrento Hotel

Architect
B. Robert Swartburg
Year
1948
Style
Mid-Century Modern
City
Miami, FL
Collection
mimo — miami modern
Sorrento Hotel
Photo: Hildreth, Public domain
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The Sorrento Hotel is a 1948 Miami Modern (MiMo) hotel in Mid-Beach, designed by B. Robert Swartburg, a notable architect of the MiMo era. Its 1948 completion date places it right at the start of Miami Beach's postwar MiMo hotel boom.

the style

MiMo facade elements are still visible from the street, marking the Sorrento as part of the postwar shift away from Art Deco toward Miami Modern design.

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the architect

B. Robert Swartburg was a notable architect of Miami's MiMo era, working during the postwar building boom that reshaped Miami Beach's hotel strip.

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