Kobi Karp is the CEO of KKAID, Kobi Karp Architecture and Interior Design, based in Miami, is an award-winning firm which has architectural projects all over the world. In this interview for the Miami Beach Visual Memoirs project, Mr. Karp talks about the creative excitement of incorporating and renovating vintage buildings into the enlarged architectural design, using design elements from the original building’s “DNA.” Mr. Karp discusses the “multiple vignettes” which comprise Ocean Drive and the importance of preservation architecture. He talks about being honored to work with Morris Lapidus, late in the famed architect’s life, on the renovation of Lapidus’ Seacoast Towers.