Carlos Prio-Touzet

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Carlos Prio-Touzet
Born	1955 Havana, Cuba

Carlos Prio-Touzet (b. 1955 in Havana, Cuba), is a prominent architect in Miami, Florida.

He received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami. He has been a top designer and vice president for such firms as Arquitectonica, Sasaki, and Spillis Candela. He has designed buildings in Europe, Asia and the United States. He is presently one of the founding principals of Touzet Studio.

Prio-Touzet has received the Florida (American Institute of Architects) AIA Unbuilt Award of Merit 2006^[1] and the Miami-American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence 2005^[2]. Some of his more notable projects are the Setei Condominium/Hotel, a 37 story building completed in 2004 located on Miami Beach, Florida, the Vitri, a mix use development on Miami Beach scheduled to be completed in 2007; Lime Tree Bay Development, a luxury residential development in the Florida Keys; and the NE 11 Street project, a 44 story residential building to be built in 2008 in Miami, Florida.

He is the son of former President of Cuba, Carlos Prio Socarras and his mistress, Celia Touzet.

[edit] References

1. ^ Media Center - 2006 Press Releases
2. ^ AIA MIAMI: The Miami Chapter of the American Institue of Architects

• Town & Country magazine, January 2006, Page 102
• Ocean Drive en Espaňol magazine, Fall/Winter 2005, Page 72 (Spanish)
• New York Living magazine, November 2005, Page 34
• Florida Inside Out magazine, March 2007, Page 66
• Florida/Caribbean Architect magazine, Summer 2005, Page 34
• Ocean Drive magazine, June 2005, Page 216
• http://www.touzetstudio.com/
• http://www.arquitectonica.com
• Anuario Social de la Habana 1939, (Luz - Hilo S.A.) (Spanish)
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera, (Editorial Lex, 1950) (Spanish)
• http://www.aia.org/aiarchitect/thismonth/0401pf/0401c4members.pdf
• http://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2005/05/02/daily11.html
• http://www.banderasnews.com/0608/nw-miamicheers.htm
• http://www.miamisunpost.com/archives/2006/08-10-06/art%20review.htm
• http://www.thereznikgroup.com/vitri.html
• http://www.thecondosgroupofmiami.com/VITRI.html
• http://www.wheretogonext.com/2006release.php?releaseID=110917