Press
Season 2: Episode 4 - Built to Last(@4:30 minutes into the episode)
November 2022
Dezeen
Brillhart elevates Miami home on stilts in response to rising sea levels
April 2022
Garden & Gun
Step Inside a Lush Bahamian Hideaway
Feb/March 2022
Wallpaper
Miami house on stilts offers modern living while mitigating flood risks
Feb 2022
Dwell
Before & After: A Modest Midcentury in Miami Expands Around a Lush Courtyard
July 2019
Charlotte Agenda
Brillhart Architecture's Providence Road residence named Charlotte's 2019 House of the Year.
June 2019
Dwell Magazine
Brillhart Architecture's Thatch House featured as the cover story for the May/June 2019 issue. "A Surfers' Retreat in the Bahamas"
May 2019
Label Magazine
The Brillhart House was included in the polish magazine Label's "& Living" edition, which highlights projects that were "created as a result of the need for closer contact with nature and natural materials..."
May 2019
Ocean Home
Brillhart Architecture Listed as Top 50 Coastal Architects (3 years in a row)
October 2018
Netflix - The World's Most Extraordinary Homes - Series 2, USA, Miami
Brillhart House featured in Series 2 of the BBC's television program.
October 2018
NBC - Open House
Brillhart House was included in this national architecture/design/real estate series.
July 2018
Dezeen
Brillhart Architecture included among Dezeen's 2017 Hot List
12/1/2017
Architectural Digest
This Modern Concrete Home Blends Right Into Its Island Surroundings
6/20/2017
Dezeen
5 Best Houses in Florida
6/14/2017
Luxe
Top Architects Reveal The Innovation In Their Designs: Melissa Brillhart
5/7/2017
Dezeen
Wooden shutters swing open to reveal Miami house by Brillhart Architecture
7/10/2016
ArchDaily
Drawing on the Road: The Story of a Young Le Corbusier's Travels Through Europe
6/29/2016
ArchDaily
Brillhart House voted as a Top 100 American Architecture Project
6/9/2016
Architect Magazine
A recent exhibition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invited 25 architects to explore political architecture
3/11/2016
Busyboo
Brillhart House
3/2016
The Architect's Newspaper
Twenty five architects tackle five current issues with 25 models in this Illinois exhibition
2/2016
Modern Magazine
in Le Corbusier's Footsteps
2/2016
Washington Post
‘Voyage Le Corbusier: Drawing on the Road’ Review
2/12/2016
Wallpaper
Made by Hand:Jacob Brillhart dissects the early travel sketches of Le Corbusier
1/2016
Huffington Post
Retracing Le Corbusier's Travels
12/2015
Indulge: Art Basel Edition see page 160
Floating Refuge
12/2015
2014-15 North American Wood Design Awards
Celebrating Excellence in Wood Architecture
Anthology Magazine
A Tropical Outlook
11/2015
dwell
6 Innovative Tropical Homes
9/2015
The Architects Newspaper
Studio Visit: Brillhart
9/2015
The Architectural Review
Emerging Architecture Profile USA: Brillhart Architecture
8/2015
Architectural Record
Perspective House of The Month
9/2015
Ocean Home
A Glass Act
10/2015
Architecture Durable
Living Outside with Inside Comfort
7/2015
Architect Magazine
Next Progressives; Brillhart Architecture
6/15/2015
A+Design (Taiwan)
Brillhart House
4/8/2015
"A" Magazine (Lebanon)
As the World Turns: Adventurous Designs From Around The Globe (pg.199)
4/8/2015
dwell
A Miami Oasis Pays Homage to Florida's Rich Architectural Heritage
3/24/2015
Cultured Magazine
The Twenty Five: no.18-Corbu To Go (pg.79)
3/5/2015
Architects + Artisans
Miami’s Brilliant Brillhart Residence
3/2/2015
ArchDaily
Brillhart House / Brillhart Architecture
3/2/2015
designboom
Brillhart House in Miami References Florida's Vernacular Architecture
2/24/2015
Contemporist
An Architect’s Own Tropical Refuge In Miami
2/20/2015
ArchDaily
MoMA PS1 YAP 2015 Runner-up: Drones' Beach / Brillhart Architecture
2/15/2015
Architect's Newspaper
2015 Best of Design Awards-Single Family House
1/20/2015
Wood Design and Building Magazine
2014 North American Wood Design Awards Announced
1/15/2014
New York Times
DIY is in their DNA
12/4/2014
Miami Herald
Meetinghouse collective brings together Miami artists, their work
11/25/2014
Metropolis Magazine
First Look: Getting to Know the Finalists of the 2015 MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program
11/24/2014
The Wall Street Journal
Automation Makes Us Dumb
11/21/2014
Architizer
Something to Yap About: The 2015 Finalists for the MOMA/PS1 Young Architects Program
11/14/2014
ArchDaily
2015 YAP P.S.1 Shortlist
11/13/2014
Architect's Newspaper
Miami Turns Up the Design Heat
02/2014
Biscayne Times
It's Time to Walk the Walk
ArchDaily
DawnTown Design/Build Competition Winner/Manuel Clavel-Rojo Jacob Brillhart
Wallpaper Magazine Online (Slideshow -7 of 35)
"Miami's Urban Renaissance"
03/2011
Miami Design District Presents: Inventory 02
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The New York Times
10 Upstarts Strut Their Stuff in Miami
11/2011
Architects+Artisans
In Miami, Soul Does Matter
11/2011
Curate This (Art Basel 2011)
Design Bureau
“The Vertebrae Chair”
11/2011
The Miami Herald
“By Hand” – written review by Beth Dunlop about the exhibit The Architecture of Drawing by Jacob Brillhart and Errol Barron at the Art Center of South Florida.
03/2011
Soul of Miami
Art Center South Florida Presents The Architecture of Drawing – Masters Jacob Brillhart and Errol Barron
03/2011
Atelier and Co
Jacob Brillhart
02/2011
ZAPP Urbanism
“The Miami Seaplane Terminal”
01/2011
The New York Times
In Miami, a Contest for Best Lifeguard Roost
12/2004
The Miami Herald
Lifeguard Tower, Beauty and the Beach” written review by Architectural critic Beth Dunlop
11/2004
ZAPP Urbanism
“Brillhart’s Drawings and Small Buildings,” Manhattan Studio News – Published by the Institute, New York, NY: pgs 34 -42, Fall 2009
ZAPP Urbanism
- “Road Drawing,” ZAPP Urbanism – Not Not Architecture – Published by the Institute, New York, NY: Pg 10 Summer 2009
ZAPP Urbanism
- “A Drawing Contribution” Zapp – Published by Zapp Urbanism, Issue 4, New York, NY: pg 25-35, 2005
Awards
2022 – Architectural Review House Award – Brillhut (Commended)
2022 – AIA Miami Award for Excellence – Alma Residence (Harbor Island, BAH)
2022 – AIA Florida Honor Award for Excellence – 125th Street Residence (Residential Architecture)
2021 – AIA Miami Merit Award for Excellence – Stewart Avenue (Residential Architecture)
2021 – AIA Miami Honor Award for Excellence – Brillhut (Residential Architecture)
2019 – Charlotte NC’s House of the Year – Providence Rd. Residence
2018 – AIA Miami Honor Award for Excellence – Thatch House (Residential Architecture)
2016 – AIA Florida Honor Award for Excellence – Malaga Residence (Renovations/Additions)
2016 – ArchDaily Top 100 American Architecture Projects (Brillhart House)
2015 – AIA Florida Honor Award for Excellence – Brillhart House (New Work)
2015 – Architects Newspaper Best Of Design Awards Single Family House
Finalist – 2015 MoMa PS1 Young Architects Program
2014 – Brillhart House chosen as one of 24 projects to win a 2014 North American Wood Design Award (Wood Design & Building magazine)
2014- AIA Miami Young Architect of the Year
2014- AIA Miami Honor Award -“Brillhart House” (Residential Architecture)
2014- AIA Florida Merit Award – “Case Study House” (Unbuilt Design)
2014 – AIA Florida Honor Award – “Infinite City” (Object Category)
2013-Winner, Dawntown International Design Build Competition
2012-Top13 Florida Architects Under 40
2010-AIA Un-Built Design Excellence Award-Grass House
(Miami Chapter)
2010-Ken Roberts (KROB) Delineation Finalist
2010-Rome Prize Finalist in Architecture
2008-AIA Un-Built Design Excellence Award-Mechanical House
(Miami Chapter)
2008-AIA Florida Cottage Design Competition Finalist
(Florida Chapter)
2006 & 2007-Gabriel Prize Finalist, Awarded by The Western European Architecture Foundation.
2007-Rieger Graham Prize Runner-up, Awarded by the Institute of Classical Architecture and Classical America, New York, NY
2006-Winner, Miami Beach Lifeguard Stand Design Competition, Miami Beach, FL