New College of Florida, in coordination with Architecture Sarasota, invites the press and public to participate in a design preview of the future as the college concludes its Reimagining Pei architectural competition. After months of creative work, the finalist firms will present their designs on Wed., Nov.15 at 5:30pm at the Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd, Sarasota, FL 34243. The competition was launched to honor the work of renowned architect I.M. Pei who designed the iconic brutalist-style dormitories on New College’s East Campus (a.k.a. Pei Campus). New College tasked the firms with boldly transforming the structures as it develops an innovative and comprehensive future campus plan to include an athletic complex, retail and entertainment. A distinguished committee of local and national members of the architecture community narrowed down exceptional portfolios of entrants in early September to land on the three: Brooks+Scarpa (Los Angeles, USA), STUDIOS Architecture (France and USA), and Sweet Sparkman Architecture & Interiors (Sarasota, USA). All received a $10,000 honoraria from the New College Foundation, Inc. to develop their design concepts for the adaptive use of the dormitories on the Pei Campus. Their designs will provide inspiration as New College continues development of its comprehensive master plan for the campus. After Wednesday’s presentations, New College of Florida in collaboration with Architecture Sarasota will select a winner to be announced November 17th. Among the three finalists are firms with diverse practices based in sustainable and equitable design. Brooks+Scarpa is a Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award-winning firm in Los Angeles, California, known for its multidisciplinary ethos and innovative approach to material application in environmentally responsive designs that stretch across a variety of sectors; STUDIOS Architecture, recipient of one of eight Honor Awards at the 2022 GSA Design Awards, is an international architecture firm with six offices in France and the USA (the “Reimagining Pei” competition entry was submitted by the firm’s Washington, DC office), known for campus-scaled corporate, educational, and residential projects which boast original approaches to material sourcing, focused on upcycling and recycling; Sweet Sparkman Architecture & Interiors is a multi-award-winning Sarasota-headquartered firm with a two-decade track record of designing for the climate challenges specific to the city, specializing in community, commercial and residential architecture. The press and public will be invited to meet and greet these architects as well as ask questions of the teams after each one presents designs during the Nov. 15 finals.