perfect pare. w r i t t e n b y Lisa Cregan
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p h o t o g r a p h y b y Ken Hayden
minimalism is the high-wire act of interior design.
It’s an artistic act of courage, the designer’s intentions stripped of all things superfluous and laid bare for all to see. Or as acclaimed Miami designer Carola Hinojosa puts it, “When you use very few components, all of them had better be perfect.” Hinojosa should know. The Bolivian-born designer has been conjuring up breathtaking modern environments for her cadre of international clients for nearly 30 years. This apartment perched high in the ocean-view tower above Miami Beach’s historic Bath Club is no exception. “My clients asked for extreme minimalism,” Hinojosa recounts. Those clients, a stylish Mexican couple with two young daughters, told Hinojosa they wanted a no-fuss holiday pied-à-terre where less is absolutely more. “Every single element had to be simple, but powerful at the same time,” Hinojosa explains. No easy task, but the family had chosen the right designer. Handed the freedom of a complete gut job, Hinojosa took full advantage, even going so far as to build out the bathroom to perfectly accommodate the oversized 4-by-12-foot glass tiles she’d chosen for the walls. There isn’t a single partial-cut tile anywhere on these glistening surfaces.
interior design Carola Hinojosa, Hinojosa Design Studio
bedrooms 4
bathrooms 4
278 l u x e i n t e r i o r s
+ design
square feet 3,961