About The Festival of the Trees:
The Festival of the Trees is a fundraising event coordinated by Florida International University's Interior Architecture Department and its advisory board. Each year, South Florida’s architecture and design community demonstrates its support for quality interior architecture education through their annual participation in the Festival of the Trees event and auction. This holiday extravaganza has raised over $100,000 in funds that benefit FIU’s Interior Architecture Department and its talented students. This year, the trees displayed the annual event will also be especially displayed at Dadeland Mall for the duration of the holiday season.
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About the Moore Building:
The Moore Building was built in 1921 as the furniture showroom space for Moore and Sons. The truly unique building boasts four floors of arcaded spaces totaling more than 20,000 square feet. The soaring central atrium accommodates 4,400 people for receptions. On permanent display in the atrium is the site-specific installation "Elastika," created by Iraqi-born London-based architect, Zaha Hadid, and commissioned by owner Craig Robins, president of Dacra. Together they wanted adesign which compliments and at the same time contradicts the period in which the Moore Building was built. The Moore Building is Bridge House Events's most well known venue. (Source: Bridge House Events)
About the FIU Department of Interior Architecture:
With over 100 students in our Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) accredited Master of Interior Architecture program, the Interior Architecture Department at FIU is one of the premiere professional interior design programs in South Florida. Recognized as the 9th best interior design program in the United States, we are known for the quality of our students, for our excellent faculty, and for our strong relationship with Miami design professionals. We offer our students cutting edge award-winning facilities that house studios, galleries, labs and workshops, and foster a dynamic community of creative and ardent lifelong learners investigatingdesign and its countless contributions to society.
About FIU:
Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida¹s anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded more than 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 50,000 students on two campuses and three centers, including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the College of Architecture + The Arts | Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu.
