Tech-savvy hotel company Life House has designed its newest property in Collins Park as an homage to Miami's past as a Quaker stronghold.

The boutique brand, whose philosophy celebrates neighbourhood identity and heritage, garnered significant buzz after the opening of Life House Little Havana, which debuted a bespoke digital platform for guests to use like a social network.
Life House Collins Park, the latest outpost, sits inside a streamline moderne building constructed in 1934. The movement, a pared-down offshoot of art deco style, had gained popularity in Miami in the decades after the Great Depression.

Life House's in-house design team aligned the "restrained" exterior aesthetic with the Quaker ethos of purity and functionality, layering a design narrative that served as a holistic reflection of the locale. "We found the Quaker angle a refreshing take on the typical South Beach scene, which is often flashy and excessive," founder and CEO Rami Zeidan told Dezeen. "Quaker design celebrates similar values to our own in the context of our Streamline Deco Historic Building."

The Collins Park outpost is located between the beach and the Collins Canal, a feat of engineering from 1912 that revolutionised development on Miami Beach.
The waterway was created by John Collins, the ambitious Quaker merchant credited for populating the barrier island with sustainable farming practices and trade.

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