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Leading up to Inauguration Day, there are many issues for President-elect Trump to tackle. None are more pressing than affordable housing. First off, mortgage rates have skyrocketed in recent years — from under 3 percent in 2020 to nearly 7 percent today. U.S. home prices have risen nearly 50 percent over the last four years,… read more

From South Africa to South Florida, for Margi Glavovic Nothard, Founder and Design Director of Glavovic Studio, social impact means everything. Here, Margi shares why. What is the “why”? I often ask myself that question before accepting and while executing various projects. At Glavovic Studio, we are dedicated to improving quality of life through resilient… read more

His name: Robin Hill. He is an architectural photographer. He works with an architectural firm: Glavovic Studio. Margi Glavovic Nothard sent us these images and text: Robin Hill likes to view his creative process as a metaphorical tripod where one leg represents architecture, one leg, design, and the other, fine art. The three then meet… read more

Texas needs an all-hands-on-deck approach toward affordability. By Anthony Snipes and Margi Glavovic Nothard. Like the rest of the country, Texas has an affordable housing crisis on its hands. Texans are struggling to afford homes, whether they are buying or renting. According to the latest research, a Texas family needs to make more than $100,000… read more

In today’s episode, W. Scott Olsen talks to Robin Hill, a Miami and New York-based photographer who straddles the boundaries between architecture, design, and fine art. Born and raised in Nottingham, England, Hill began his career in 1987 in the most inauspicious way by taking pictures of toddlers in supermarkets and department stores across London…. read more

Florida Atlantic University’s School of Architecture in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters has teamed up with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global HIV/AIDS organization and a longtime advocate for affordable housing, and the award-winning Glavovic Studio, a Fort Lauderdale-based architecture firm, to address America’s affordable housing crisis. With tens… read more

Sunset Hammock Glavovic Studio In the heart of Florida’s Everglades, home to the largest subtropical wilderness in the United States, a bold new structure connects people with nature. The vivid red walkway at Sunset Point Park stands out amidst the vast green landscape, highlighting the significance of the Everglades’ wetland ecosystem while bridging the gap… read more

Commentary By Margi Glavovic Nothard. It’s not breaking news: America is in the middle of an affordable housing crisis. Half of U.S. renters are considered rent-burdened, spending 30% or more of their income on rent and utilities — a record high. We’re short more than seven million affordable, available rental homes for extremely low-income Americans…. read more

Architects play a pivotal role in lowering building costs, says veteran Margi Glavovic. But their power is limited. Effective design can not only enhance residents’ life quality, but also address sustainability issues and ensure community integration, all while tackling the broader housing affordability challenge. Margi Glavovic Nothard, founder & design director of Glavovic Studio since… read more

Some architects dream of building lofty skyscrapers or attention-grabbing homes for the rich and famous. Not Margi Glavovic Nothard. The Fort Lauderdale-based design director has built a thriving architectural firm by instead applying her considerable design chops to a heretofore unglamorous field of development: Low-income housing. Her Glavovic Studio does it with style, bringing to… read more

Commentary By Margi Glavovic Nothard. America’s affordable housing crisis has never been worse. Millions of people are in desperate need of housing – any housing – just to live normal lives. Millions more are rent-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent. Even the Supreme Court is tackling homelessness now. Where… read more

‘Sunset Hammock’ at Sunset Point Park 11000 W. McNab Road, Tamarac. Have you been curious about the fire-engine red platform rising above the tree line at Tamarac’s Sunset Point Park? It’s called “Sunset Hammock,” and it’s a new public art installation that features an observational boardwalk with a 200- foot modular red aluminum walkway, a… read more

Sunset Hammock, an $850,000 art installation in Sunset Point Park, is now open to the public. Designed by Margi Glavovic Nothard and completed in November 2023, it features an observational boardwalk, which includes a modular red aluminum walkway and a large community periscope measuring 20 feet by 3 feet, offering public views into the Everglades…. read more

American firm Glavovic Studio has created a red aluminium walkway with a large-scale periscope in Florida to connect the local population with the nearby Everglades. Located in Tamarac, a city northwest of Fort Lauderdale, the walkway was placed at the edge of dense suburban development including sprawling single-family neighbourhoods and an Amazon fulfilment centre. It… read more

Seven years after sponsoring a ballot measure aimed at reigning in development, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and its affiliate the Health Housing Foundation are set to begin work this summer on a high-rise in Downtown Los Angeles. Architecture firm Glavovic Studio sends work that construction is set to commence in June 2024 for the Renaissance… read more

Here’s one underrated influence: art. We simply cannot underestimate the transformative power of architecture, urban design, and similar fields. It is incumbent on today’s artists, architects, and urban designers to create worlds where people are inspired and motivated to think deeply about fundamental issues—from climate change to immigration, affordable housing, and more. To read more… read more

The Girls’ Club in Fort Lauderdale is a landmark in the South Florida art community, notable for its edgy exhibitions and striking presence. We interviewed Margi Nothard, President and Design Director of Glavovic Studio Inc. to learn more about this remarkable remodeling project. To watch video interview go to https://youtu.be/Tkzg2BEIUTg?si=UbCFJuULKUQX1AAY… read more

PROJECTS – BISCAYNE HOUSE, MIAMI, FL GLAVOVIC STUDIO – Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava earlier this year declared a housing affordability crisis. With Biscayne House, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) and Glavovic Studio are doing their part to solve the problem. View Article…. read more

Sunset Hammock, a monumental environmental public art commission by Margi Glavovic Nothard, located in Sunset Point Park, Tamarac, Florida raises awareness about the critical role of the Everglades within the ecological balance of South Florida. The art project renders saturated moments in time as the day reveals itself, increasing its intensity in color, view, and… read more

The lack of affordable housing affects people from all walks of life. Read this OP-ED by Margi G. Nothard published in the Miami Herald November 20,2023.  Go to: https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/op-ed/article281369313.html#storylink=cpy . Even better, it has been picked up by Yahoo News and MSN for broader impact: Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.com/affordable-housing-isn-t-political-032352913.html MSN: https://www.aol.com/affordable-housing-isn-t-political-032352262.html… read more

SPOTLIGHT: Resiliency, Quality, and Performance: Facades for Truly Affordable housing. View Conference Details…. read more

Developer proposes $23M project in Homestead. A nonprofit organization could team with a developer to build affordable apartments in Homestead. The city’s Development Review Committee will consider plans for the 4.22-acre site at 1350 SW Fourth Street on Auf 22. TML Homestead LLC, an affiliate of nonprofit religious community services organization Touching Miami with Love,… read more

Biscayne House to Offer Affordable Housing At 237 NE 24th Street, Miami, Florida. Construction started on Biscayne House in Spring 2022, a 12-story venture that will offer 75 “micro-units.” Of those 12 stories, the first four are set aside for a parking garage. The remaining eight stories will comprise homes measuring 369 SF to 547… read more

Art studios can tell the stories of the development and disasters that occur over the many years it takes to hone a craft ir a style. By Samantha Frew. Art studios are often described as the window into the soul of an artist. They are places where the evidence of mistakes is retained upon walls… read more

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Since 2013, Margi Glavovic Nothard has been working with the City of Tamarac on a monumental public art project titled Sunset Hammock. By July 2023, the project is due to be completed – an extraordinary effort by all involved. To learn more about this project. You can also check out these videos: https://vimeo.com/821059695?share=copy | https://vimeo.com/821056955?share=copy… read more

Glavovic Studio designs a new hospitality space inspired by Florida culture, environment, and global cuisine. https://aquibar.com/… read more

LITTLE RIVER PLAZA – ONE-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING DEMOLISHED… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO SHORTLISTED to design the new Visitor Engagement Center at the historic site of the Bonnet House Museum and Gardens in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Located on a barrier island situated between the Atlantic Ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, this 26,000 SF proposed new Visitor Engagement Center addition is to become the focal entry point… read more

Boca Raton Museum of Art – A 360 Degree Shift Towards Visitor Experience – Margi G. Nothard and Jim May. Visit conference website…. read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO was invited to participate in the Time Space Existence Exhibition curated by The European Cultural Centre on view from November 11-January 30. Our installation titled “GLAVOVIC STUDIO: Impactful Housing Solutions through Resilient Design Practices and Partnerships” – opens at MCAD – Miami Center for Architecture & Design – 310 SE 1st Street Miami, FL,… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO was recently featured in an article titled “One Small Step for 3rd Avenue: GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S Adaptive Reuse Project Becomes their New Studio and a Cultural Hub” written by Randall Robinson for the Fall 2021 issue of  ISLAND Magazine…. read more

Our Founder and Director of Design, Margi G. Nothard recently gave a talk on HOUSING + MOBILITY – AFFORDABILITY BY DESIGN hosted by the Miami Center of Architecture and Design Urban Design Committee.  Other participants included Brooks + Scarpa and Neuvio Architects. You can view the entire talk here…. read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO X ISLAND Magazine Exhibition and 511 Preview celebrated the wonderful article titled “One Small Step for 3rd Avenue: GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S Adaptive Reuse Project Becomes their New Studio and a Cultural Hub” written by Randall Robinson for the Fall 2021 issue of  ISLAND Magazine. Founded by John O’Connor, ISLAND Magazine has featured GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S… read more

The Boca Raton Museum of Art recently reopened the newly renovated Sculpture Garden and Entry Courtyard by GLAVOVIC STUDIO and ARCH ALL. The museum re-curated the space and added new murals by Odili Donald Odita and Vicki Pierre. The new front promenade is currently under construction, stay tuned for updates!… read more

ISLAND: The Journal of Fort Lauderdale Living invited several architecture firms to Re-Imagine a Mixed-Use Development for Wilton Drive in the city of Wilton Manors, Florida. We are honored that GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S proposal ECO-AGORA made the cover. To view entire April issue visit ISLAND FTL    … read more

GS FL, currently located in Flagler Village near Downtown Fort Lauderdale, will move down the street to 511 NE 3rd Avenue. 511, originally built as a dance studio in 1965, is an adaptive reuse project that incorporates dynamic programming of art, design, and culture. The project includes GS’s studio, a flexible exhibition space, a future… read more

GS LA is currently located at 6520 West Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California. 6520, built in 1926 as a chamber of commerce has housed film studios, various offices and will now serve as a hands-on studio location for GS’s Los Angeles and other West Coast projects. Sunset Boulevard has a long colorful history and… read more

Presentation: Margi G. Nothard and Boca Raton Museum presented their collaborations over the past 5 years, in expanding the public realm areas of the museum. https://flamuseums.org/… read more

The City of Tamarac is moving forward on The Sunset Hammock public art project. It is now in the bid phase of development and will soon start construction. The public art project was funded by a NEA Our Town grant and State of Florida Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) grant. To learn more visit… read more

Margi Nothard is invited to lecture at the Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture Public Lecture Series… read more

The Healthy Housing Foundation has designated GLAVOVIC STUDIO  as one of their partners. The Healthy Housing Foundation is “determined to add 10,000 affordable housing units across the nation over the next ten years. As of the end of 2018, the Healthy Housing Foundation by AHF owns and operates approximately 600 affordable housing units in Southern… read more

SOUTH RIVER PLAZA [ON 3rd], the affordable housing project  designed for the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and the Healthy Housing Foundation was unveiled at a press conference at the  AHF Southern Bureau Office in Fort Lauderdale… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO commissioned graffiti artist Bisco Smith to paint a mural on their front facade. Part of  GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S mission is to integrate art in many of their projects. To learn more about his prolific work visit Bisco Smith… read more

Margi G. Nothard speaks at AIA Symbiosis panel about Art and Architecture during Art Fort Lauderdale Festival  … read more

With the planned demolition of the downtown Los Angeles Parker Center scheduled for later this year, we sought to repurpose the structure to answer the homeless housing crisis. AIDS Healthcare Foundation selected Margi G. Nothard to consult on the project, which she believes can be reinvented to support nearly 500 micro-residential units for those in… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO will serve as lead architects for the  AIDS Healthcare Foundation’s Healthy Housing Foundation complex in downtown Fort Lauderdale. In partnership with the Urban League of Broward County | Mount Olive Development Corporation | United Way of Broward County | Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance | Broward Business Council  | Broward College we are working to address our community’s affordable… read more

One hundred years of architecture is captured in Building Broward, an exhibition that includes built work by GLAVOVIC STUDIO held at FAU School of Architecture … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO teams up with Docomomo to support architecture tour featuring architect William Morgan’s U.S. Federal Building and Courthouses to learn more visit: DOCOMOMO  … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO participates in THE RADICAL HIVE: Social Housing Experiments in Latin America – an exhibition and symposium at Miami Center for Architecture + Design  … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO was invited to participate in a symposium titled Design for the 99, an exploration into to architecture and social change held at the  FIU Department of Architecture … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO’S Margi G. Nothard joins Alastair Gordon on FACADES+ panel in Miami to learn more visit FACADES+  … read more

Margi G. Nothard and GLAVOVIC STUDIO client Carras Community Investment Inc. featured on Hialeah TV 77 in this piece on  A New Proposed Hialeah Market District…. read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents REDO, an exhibition of residential renovation projects through the lens of three photographers: Robin Hill, Michael Stavaridis and Myro Rosky, projects include:  Outside In House, Seagrape House and South Lake House                                           … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents GS TALKS 04: Surfaces and Constructs with guest Speakers, Nick Gelpi, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Florida International University, and Vladimir Kulic, Assistant Professor of Architectural History & Theory, Florida Atlantic University and an exhibition of Sunset Hammock_Vision of the Everglades_Tamarac Conceptual Public Art Project by Margi Glavovic Nothard… read more

Young At Art Museum in Top 10 finalist for People’s Choice Award sponsored by AIA Florida and The Florida Foundation for Architecture… read more

Margi Glavovic Nothard was invited to exhibit in the Annual Interest Show curated by Bedlam Lorenz Assembly to learn more visit Annual Interest… read more

GROUNDWATER, an exhibit by Margi Glavovic Nothard, is an exploration into local and regional water issues and will be opening during the 3rd Avenue Art District Annual Art Walk to learn more visit: EXHIBITION PR… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents GS TALKS 03  during ART FALLOUT  and exhibition GROUNDWATER, with presentations by Holly Zickler, David Rifkind, John Sandell and Margi Nothard. On site was pop-up local culinary store Thousand Pound Egg. Other venues on the Art Fallout route included Girls’ Club, Museum of Art | NSU, Cadence, FAT Village, 1310 Gallery, Third… read more

During MOD Weekend GLAVOVIC STUDIO hosts Architecture tour on Fort Lauderdale’s waterways viewing works by Polevitzky, Duckham, McKirahan, O’Neil, Stern, Browning Parker, among others…. read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO joins the discussion on public art and the economic impact of cultural destinations Margi G. Nothard lectured at Arts Mean Business Breakfast at Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale To learn more visit www.bfabroward.org… read more

THRESHOLD TWO, sculpture and photography by Margi Glavovic Nothard, explores moments in time during the process of a project’s creation. The exhibition titled  The Unmade Room was curated by Christian Feneck invited a group of international artists to explore the idea of that which exists without having to be made. Other artists include Christian Feneck,… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents GS TALKS 02 Kennedy Homes_Paradigm Shift by Margi G. Nothard to learn more visit: Dr. Kennedy Homes… read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents GS TALKS 01 Conversations on Community: Affordable Housing, Civic Engagement, Art and Design  … read more

GLAVOVIC STUDIO presents LAYERS_Architecture and Art through the Photography of Paul Clemence, Robin Hill, Peter Nolan and Artist, Margi Glavovic Nothard during the Third Avenue Art District Art Walk… read more

Young at Art | Museum Broward County Library was recently awarded LEED Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council, making it the first museum to be LEED Gold certified in Florida and one of three children’s museums to be LEED Gold certified nationwide. The project is currently featured in McGraw-Hill Construction among the top Southeast… read more