For the past seven years, Dacra has led the redevelopment of the Miami Design District, working with such architects as Craig Konyk, Alison Spear, Walter Chatham, Enrique Norten, John Keenan, and Terence Riley to restore the area’s 1920s- and 1930s-era buildings.

One of Robins’ most recent projects is also perhaps his boldest: Aqua, a community of 151 townhomes and mid-rise condominium units on an 8.5-acre island near Miami Beach. The urban-planning firm of Duany Plater-Zyberk—noted proponents of New Urbanism—created the site’s master plan. But while New Urbanism is often associated with traditional design, Robins wanted Aqua to “reconcile the rift between New Urbanism and Modernism,” and he invited 10 different architects, all known for their contemporary vocabulary, to design the island’s homes.