National Hotel vs Ocean Spray Hotel

Comparing the National Hotel and the Ocean Spray Hotel is interesting because they both stand in Miami, FL, and were completed within 4 years of each other, but they were designed by different architects.

This offers a unique glimpse at how rival designers approached projects in the same city during the same era.

Both the National Hotel and the Ocean Spray Hotel were designed in line with the aesthetic conventions of the Art Deco style.

Both buildings were completed when the Art Deco style was already past its peak. This makes them feel like late echoes of the movement, more reflective of continuity or nostalgia than of cutting-edge design at the time.

Both the National Hotel and the Ocean Spray Hotel were designed to serve as hotel towers, and that has remained their main use since their completion, serving similar roles in the urban fabric.

The National Hotel incorporates a 4-star hotel with 101 rooms. More information is available at the official website.

These two towers illustrate the many possible ways to combine structure and enclosure in skyscraper design.