
Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club
Miami
Opened to great fanfare, the Four Seasons Hotel at The Surf Club in Miami has been one of the most talked-about launches in recent times. Established by tyre tycoon Harvey Firestone in 1930, in its midcentury heyday the property boasted a visitor’s book that saw stamps of approval from the likes of Liberace, Frank Sinatra and Alfred Hitchcock. Over 85 years later, the hotel reopened as a Four Seasons property following a grand revival that saw input from a number of outstanding collaborators, all harmonised by The Surf Club’s owner Nadim Ashi. The 77-room beachside structure, designed by Richard Meier, cantilevers over the original 1930s clubhouse and interiors by Joseph Dirand — a smooth play on light, shape and colour — complete the lesson contemporary modernism. Big names are also present in the hotel’s F&B outlets, with Antonio Sersale of Positano’s Le Sirenuse helming the restaurant and a second Martin Brudnizki-designed, Thomas Keller-led restaurant set to open later this year.
9101 Collins Avenue, T 1.305 381 3333, www.fourseasons.com/surfside, Rates from: $899