Christian Louboutin Miami Flagship

Christian Louboutin Miami Flagship in the Design District: The exterior is completely clad in Poplar tree bark, while the interior has softer bark walls of white birch, gold birch and pin cherry accents. The materials have softened and enriched a lot of the interior design, allowing the material's natural beauty to resonate. We tried to keep the use of the materials simple by puzzling various patterns of bark or relentlessly coating entire surfaces to create a new painting of nature as a back drop to the elegant sculptures of each of Christian's shoes. Other sustainable efforts include: - the use of reclaimed facade panels from a 1970's Parisian office building line the mezzanine and create a dramatic colonnade to the main two story space - a dramatic, tiered skylight atop the double height space provides ambient indirect light throughout the day (inspired by the Musee des Colonies in Paris) - all bark has been harvested to keep the trees in tact; a platinum category was created by Cradle to Cradle to celebrate the product's environmental efforts.