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Carlos Prio-Touzet

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Carlos Prio-Touzet
Born (1955-02-05) 5 February 1955 (age 69)

Carlos Prio-Touzet (born 5 February 1955 in Havana, Cuba), is an architect in Miami, Florida. He is the son of Cuban President, Carlos Prio, who was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista in the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, and Celia Rosa Touzet Masfera (born 1929).

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He received a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Miami. He has been a designer and vice president for such firms as ADD Inc, Arquitectonica, Sasaki, and Spillis Candela.[citation needed] He has designed buildings in Europe, Asia and the United States.[citation needed]

Prio-Touzet has received the Florida American Institute of Architects (AIA) Unbuilt Award of Merit 2006[1] and the Miami-American Institute of Architects Award of Excellence 2005.[2] His more notable projects include The Setai Miami Beach, a 37-story condominium/hotel completed in 2004 on Miami Beach, Florida;[citation needed] the Vitri, a mixed use development on Miami Beach that was scheduled to be completed in 2007;[citation needed] Lime Tree Bay Development, a luxury residential development in the Florida Keys;[citation needed] and the NE 11 Street project, a 44-story residential building that was to be built in 2008 in Miami, Florida.[citation needed]

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