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| Name | Orlando Comas, PLA, ASLA |
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| Country/Zip Code | USA/33134 |
| About | Orlando Comas is a Florida-licensed Landscape Architect with over 50 years of experience in the art of environment-making. Since establishing his South Florida studio in 1996, Comas has built a reputation for delivering comprehensive, “full-service” landscape architecture that seamlessly merges hardscape and landscape. His approach is holistic: he treats swimming pools, fountains, and driveways with the same architectural rigor as the vegetative “green” elements. This meticulous attention to detail has earned him seats on the City of Miami Beach Design Review Board and Gables Estates Architectural Review Board a legacy of award-winning projects spanning South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Florida. Comas is a dedicated leader within the industry, he has served as an advisor to FIU graduate students and has hold executive roles in organizations like the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA). AWARDS:
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| Current Employment: | Comas Design Group, Inc. |
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| Favorite Designers | Without doubt Frederick Law Olmstead considered the father of landscape architecture and for his design contribution to the public park system as well as his pioneering of the planned communities. Olmstead set a standard of excellence in the practice that continues to be influential to landscape architecture. Luis Barragan, an engineer by profession, had amazing skills in architecture and landscape architecture design. Barragan had a huge influence in architects and landscape architects throughout the world and revered for the geometry and color use in his designs. Roberto Burle Marx, was a trained artist, painter, textile designer, sculptor, glass and tile designer but most of all, due to his design talent and interest in horticulture became the most influential garden and paving designer of the past century. The world claims him as one of the best at landscape architecture of the past century. Lawrence Halprin must be one of my favorites, articularly when you think of his public spaces such as Charlottesville Downtown Mall, Ghirardelli Square and the FDR Memorial. I believe his teaching experience made him to be among the first to create community workshops into the design process. Halprin was a master at fusing creative art and ecology.
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| Other Crafts/Interests | Selected Publications: 1981 Anuario de Arquitectura – Venezuela – Doral Beach Resort 2021 Florida Architecture Magazine – Tropical Heart, Musical Soul 2022 Florida Architecture Magazine – Key Biscayne Feeling 2004 Florida Architecture Magazine – Designer’s Residence 2005 Florida Architecture Magazine – Leucadendra Residence 2005 Florida Architecture Magazine – Arvida Residence 2008 Florida Architecture Magazine – A Perfect Fit 2005 Ultimate Outdoor Restaurants – “Wish Restaurant” 2006 Landscape Architect Magazine – “Outdoor Living Spaces in South Florida.” 2006 Casa & Estilo Magazine – “Una hacienda en el Sur de la Florida” 2007 May 27, The Miami Herald – “Creative landscape, pool design” 2007 May 25, The Miami Herald, Home Guide – “A Perfect Fit” 2012 Miami Home and Decor – What do you wish for? 2014 – Florida Architecture Magazine – MACO Caribbean Living 2017 – Artisanal Design Flourishes – Luxe Magazine 2020 Landscape Architect & Specifier News – Florida Firms 2022 Florida Design Magazine – Landscape Architects 2024 Florida Design Magazine – Sourcebook 2025 Florida Design Magazine – Sourcebook |
| City | CORAL GABLES |
| State/Province | Florida |