Casa Faena

{{Short description|Historic hotel in Miami Beach, Florida}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

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|image=File:El Paraiso Apartments.jpg

|caption=Photo in 2018

|location=3500 Collins Ave., Miami Beach, Florida

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|map_type=Florida

|completion_date=1928

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Casa Faena, on Collins Avenue in Miami Beach, Florida, is a hotel built in 1928. It was designed by prolific local architect Martin L. Hampton, who also designed Miami Beach City Hall and who "was a master of the Mediterranean Revival style". It was opened as an apartment building named El Paraiso Apartments, originally with two hotel rooms and 18 apartment units.{{cite web|url=https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/casa-faena/history.php |title=Casa Faena-History |publisher=Historic Hotels of America |accessdate=April 28, 2020}}

The property was leased by the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.

It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as a Mediterranean Revival-style contributing building in the Collins Waterfront Architectural District, with indication that it was completed in 1930. Other buildings designed by Hampton in the district include the La Corona Apartments (1923) at 2814 Collins Avenue, Hampton Court (1924), and the Embassy Hotel (1935) at 2940 Collins Avenue.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77843143 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Collins Waterfront Architectural District / DA11827 |publisher=National Archives |author=Marina Huang |author2=Allan T.Shulman |author3=Carl Shiver |author4=Barbara Mattick |date=October 2011 | accessdate=December 19, 2020 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})

The hotel now has 50 guest rooms and suites. It has been listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as a member of the Historic Hotels of America since 2015.{{cite web|url=https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/casa-faena/ |title=Casa Faena |publisher=Historic Hotels of America |accessdate=April 28, 2020}}