A hand-painted tile mural covers the front of this Miami Design District boutique designed by New York studio Sugarhouse Design and Architecture for fashion brand Cult Gaia.
Sugarhouse Design and Architecture designers Jess and Jonathan Nahon followed up their New York City store for Cult Gaia founder Jasmin Larian Hekmat with a flagship in Miami intended to align with the brand and the location.
The gabled front of the Cult Gaia boutique in Miami is covered in a hand-painted tile mural
The duo "sought inspiration from temple architecture, Larian Hekmat's Persian heritage and iconic historical archetypes" for the 1,502-square-foot (140-square-metre) retail space, and also modelled the building on local casitas.
To cover the gabled front facade, Design and Architecture commissioned artist Michael Chandler to create a mural using ceramic tiles. The mural by artist Michael Chandler is titled Tree of Life and references Henri Rousseau's painting The Dream
The resulting 1,800-piece Tree of Life mural is based on French post-impressionist artist Henri Rousseau's painting The Dream.
"The hand-painted ceramic mural depicts a silhouetted tree with its branches extending across the storefront, featuring stylised vegetation, birds and flower-crowned nymphs," said Sugarhouse Design and Architecture.
In the centre of the store's first space is a concrete sculpture by Angela Larian
Painted in blue "lapis lazuli" hues, similar to those that decorate Persian m...