Founding principals Adib Cúre and Carie Penabad have insisted on the importance of architecture and the design of the city as a singular investigation where inquiry and realization, poetry and practicality, history and invention are inextricably linked. The work of the firm brings together the experience and cultures of three different countries: Colombia, where Cúre was born; Cuba, where Penabad’s ancestors are from; and the United States, where the couple studied at the University of Miami and Harvard Graduate School of Design. The Miami-based firm of CÚRE & PENABAD Architecture and Urban Design has received numerous awards including over 30 American Institute of Architects awards, state and local preservation awards, finalists for the distinguished Marcus Prize, and most recently the firm received the prestigious Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York, a competition that recognizes individuals with a distinct design voice and a significant body of realized work. Parallel to their design practice, Cúre and Penabad have engaged in teaching, writing, and research. They are currently Professors at the University of Miami School of Architecture and have taught at Northeastern University, Boston Architectural Center, and, most recently, Yale University as both the William Henry Bishop Visiting Professors (2024) and the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professors of Architectural Design. Their publications include Marion Manley: Miami’s First Women Architect (University of Georgia Press, 2010); Call to Order: Sustaining Simplicity in Architecture (ORO Publishers, 2018), and the forthcoming book: Made in Miami/Hecho en Miami (ACTAR Publishers, 2026).
