The work collected here is intended to give a clear sense of how Maria Cooper Design approaches a project — how we think about place, program, and detail.
These are selected projects, not a full archive. Each was chosen to show the range of the practice: hospitality with a sense of occasion, interiors that handle high traffic with grace, and architectural work that holds up across commercial, corporate, and residential scales.
We would welcome the chance to walk through any of these in more depth.
Maria leads a multidisciplinary practice with deep experience across South Florida, the Caribbean, and the East Coast. Her work spans restaurants, nightclubs, boutique hotels, corporate headquarters, medical centers, and historic residential renovations.
Alongside design, the firm is recognized for fire and life safety code consulting — a discipline that has shaped how we draw, detail, and coordinate every project we take on.
Restaurants, nightclubs, lounges, bars, boutique hotels, and retail — concept through completion.
Corporate offices, industrial facilities, medical centers, and multifamily work across the US and abroad.
40-year recertification, code violation clearance, FF&E compliance, and architectural review for landmark properties.
Historic home renovations, luxury residences, and custom living spaces — heritage and modern comfort, together.
1237 Lincoln Road — an immersive Miami Beach flagship anchored by a 100-foot LED video wall, a color-changing bar, and a light-up ceiling plane. Full interior design from concept through construction.
Four rooms, four personalities — each built to shape how guests move, linger, and return.
One of Miami's most talked-about nightlife destinations. Interior design and architectural consulting during a period of continuous, 24-hour operation — the kind of venue that tests every finish and every detail.
One of the most celebrated private members' clubs in South Florida. MCD provided fire and life safety code consulting, FF&E design, and code compliance review — coordinated alongside R.D. Hale Inc.
FLS work with R.D. Hale Inc. — 40-year recertification, code violation clearance, FF&E compliance, and architectural review.
A boutique hotel on Ocean Drive — a layered, literary program where guests move from lobby through courtyard to lounge and library, each room detailed to honor the building's original 1942 fabric.
Interiors, showroom, reception, and open-plan office — a complete program reconciling industrial scale with a refined visitor experience.
A $2.8M engagement for a classified facility. Architectural detailing and wall-section documentation delivered with Studio 416.
Architectural design and documentation for a new production facility — large-span industrial program with integrated office areas.
A 1930s aviation hangar reimagined as a working commercial venue — the structure kept, the program rewritten. Documentation paired archival research with new detailing so contemporary use reads as a continuation of the original building, not a replacement.
A two-bedroom residence in a pre-war Atlanta building. The plan opens a great room to the dining and kitchen, keeps the original hallway rhythm, and adds a study in what had been the service pantry.
Two decades designing rooms that draw people in and keep them coming back — from 100-foot video walls to quiet, considered lounges.
Delivered headquarters and industrial programs at the scale of SANY, Lockheed Martin, and Ken's Foods.
A code-consulting discipline baked into every drawing — FLS, 40-year recert, FF&E compliance.
Interiors, architectural design, and residential work under one direct relationship with Maria herself.
Art is a foundational part of my being. For as long as I can remember, I must be painting, writing, drawing. It is a physical need that is part of my soul.