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Matias Daroch
Founder · MIK Architecture
Founder of MIK Architecture, a Miami studio designing modern single-family homes with design, build and development under one roof.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- MIK Architecture
- Location
- Miami, FL, USA
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
The story so far
The path behind Matias's work.
Matias Daroch is the founder of MIK Architecture, a contemporary residential studio in Miami. Originally from Chile, where he earned his first architecture degree, he moved to the United States in 2016 and started out working on residential real estate as a developer and investor.
After gaining his Florida architecture licence in 2019, he founded MIK Architecture in 2020 to give developers and homeowners an architect who could work to a developer's timeline and budget, not just a homeowner's. A licensed architect (AIA, NCARB), Matias has built the practice around a single-family, high-end residential niche and an unusual model where design, construction and development sit under one roof.
Episode 0214 · Architecture Social · 44:19
From Vice to Nice: Running an Architecture Practice in Miami
Running an architecture practice in Miami means working with climate, construction, real estate, office culture and a market that does not behave exactly like London.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and Miami context
- 02
01:00 · Meet Matias Daroch of MIK Architecture
- 03
05:00 · Designing for climate, flood zones and Miami sites
- 04
10:00 · Hiring lessons and growing the practice
- 05
15:00 · Working between design, construction and real estate
- 06
20:00 · Feasibility, developers and early-stage work
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Matias's conversation.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- MIK Architecture
- Location
- Miami, FL, USA
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
MIK Architecture is a Miami studio designing modern single-family homes, with design, build and development under one roof. Founded by Matias Daroch.
- Florida
- Residential
- Residential (High-end)
- Residential (Private Homes)
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 01:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 01:00 in the full episode.
Meet Matias Daroch of MIK Architecture
- 05:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 05:00 in the full episode.
Designing for climate, flood zones and Miami sites
- 10:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 10:00 in the full episode.
Hiring lessons and growing the practice
- 15:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Working between design, construction and real estate
- 20:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Feasibility, developers and early-stage work
- 25:00Matias Daroch · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Portfolio advice and how to communicate clearly
Selected work from MIK Architecture
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Calistone House
A 14,512 sq ft Miami house organised around a pool and garden, with distinct spaces for entertaining, wellbeing, family life and guests.
View project →Moonstone Waterfront
An 8,754 sq ft waterfront house that turns a complex corner plot into a calm sequence of canal views, shared spaces and private retreats.
View project →Hibiscus Waterfront
An 8,475 sq ft canal-side house in permitting, shaped by a sloping waterfront plot and a close connection between rooms, pool and water.
View project →