CREEK HOTEL 10.03.03
In the fall of 2002 my friend Kenny Fields asked me if i want to help him renovate a hotel that he had purchased in Miami Beach. As it was called at the time, the Banana Bungalow was a world famous hostel dive, known for wild parties, a great location in Miami's South Beach, and a very beautiful young international and free spirited crowd. Bikini tops optional. While attaining this reputation, however the place had been destroyed and Kenny had aspirations to turn this into Miami's hippest, coolest, boutique hotel in South Beach while keeping the crowd and their free loving spirit. Our budget was $300,000. We had 3 months.
Creek Hotel 11.23.03
Construction was quick and furious. All resources were used including the hostelers who worked for board- one turned out to be a very talented mason from Germany. The idea was to make the most of what the place had best and that was a fantastic pool deck and great outdoor bar. The pool is completely redone, a 40 foot bar made of plained Tamarind wood keeping the natural edges and spliced with sections of Mahogany, large portions of the concrete pool deck are cut and removed allowing for much more landscaping- We envisioned a green oasis surrounding a beautiful new pool and bar. A very professional sound system is installed.
For the rooms we devised the Signature Series RFP.
Creek Hotel 11.25.03
The Signature Series RFP
Artists, fashionistas, graphic designers, ad professionals, dj's, and architects are invited to design a room. With a $500 budget and a free plane ticket to Miami, they could do whatever they wanted and the whole project would be launched during Art Basel, a monumental international art gathering held in South Beach once a year.
The RFP was designed as a foldout of the room on which they presented their ideas. 
Creek Hotel 12.08.03
The rooms are pretty outrageous. But Miami is a place that appreciates some of the more raw aspects of human nature. The hotel wins a best new art hotel award by the Miami Sun beating out the ritzy Sagamore down the street. A documentary film of the renovation is submitted to the Sundance Film Festival. It is declined. After several strong years of operations the owner sells the property. Just after he sells, what Miami revellers could not accomplish Hurricane Wilma did and the place is destroyed.
