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| Name | Orlando Comas, PLA, ASLA |
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| Country/Zip Code | USA/33134 |
| About | Orlando Comas is nearing his fifty years enjoying a career in landscape design. He is a Florida licensed landscape architect and owns the compelling enthusiasm of creating outdoor environments for a select clientele. His dedication has taken him to South, Central America, the Caribbean and South Florida. The South Florida studio opened in 1996, where he is committed to providing his Clients with full service landscape architecture. Most projects include the design of hardscape and landscape. Hardscape being the design of all outdoor tangible features such as swimming pools, spas, decks, wood decks, driveway, walkways, water features and fountains as well as grading, drainage, irrigation and landscape lighting. Landscape being the vegetative part. Member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, The institute of Classical Architecture & Art and Treasurer of the Florida Chapter of the Society of American Registered Architects. He has served as professional advisor to graduate students in Florida International University Masters Program Landscape Construction course and is currently a member of the City of Miami Beach Design Review Board. His work has been featured prominently in local, national and international publications and has been bestowed with multiple local, state, national and international awards. Each job brings the unique opportunity of providing design proficiency and expand his oeuvre by integrating experience, new materials and working hand in hand with clients lifestyles and preferences. He has successfully collaborated with renowned architects, designers and fellow landscape architects on the international level and on a very wide range of construction and landscape design projects. AWARDS: 2019 Luxe Regional Winner, Landscape Design/Outdoor Living. 2019 Luxe Gold List Honoree
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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: Builders Assoc. of So. FLA: 2007 Silver , 620 Ocean Dr 2007 Platinum , Ocanos Resort 2010 Landscape Architect of the Year- AIA-Miami 2010 Award of Honor -ASLA – FLA – Private Residence 2013 American Society of Registered Architects-FLORIDA Gold – Omphoy Resort Silver – Private Res- M. Beach Silver – Private Res- Cocoplum Bronze – Private Res- M. Beach 2013 American Society of Registered Architects-NATIONAL Gold – Private Res- M. Beach Silver – Omphoy Resort Silver – Private Res- Hollywood 2014 Award of Honor -ASLA – FLA – Rare Gem 2018 Luxe Magazine – Reader’s Choicer Award 2018 The Architecture Masterprize – Honorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Residential 2019 Luxe Gold List Honoree 2020 Architecture MasterPrize – Residential Best of Best 2020 Luxe Magazine – Gold List 2021 Luxe Magazine – Gold List 2021 Architectural MasterPrize – Honorable Mention 2021 BLT Built Desig Award – Honorable Mention 2022 Red Awards – Outdoor Spaces – Regional Winner 2010 Landscape Architect of the Year- AIA-Miami 2010 Award of Honor -ASLA – FLA – Private Residence 2013 American Society of Registered Architects Florida Chapter Gold – Omphoy Resort – Silver – Private Res- M. Beach – Silver – Private Res- Cocoplum – Bronze – Private Res- M. Beach 2013 American Society of Registered Architects-NATIONAL Gold – Private Res- M. Beach – Silver – Omphoy Resort – Silver – Private Res- Hollywood 2014 Award of Honor -ASLA – FLA – Rare Gem 2018 Luxe Magazine – Reader’s Choicer Award 2018 The Architecture Masterprize – Honorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Residential 2019 Luxe Gold List Honoree 2020 Architecture MasterPrize – Residential Best of Best 2020 Luxe Magazine – Gold List 2021 Luxe Magazine – Gold List 2021 Architectural MasterPrize – Honorable Mention 2021 BLT Built Desig Award – Honorable Mention 2022 Red Awards – Outdoor Spaces – Regional Winner 2023 Muse Awards – Gables Tropical Modern – Gold Landscape Design 2023 Muse Awards – Gableshire – Gold Landscape Design 2023 BLT Awards – Gableshire – Winner Landscape Architecture
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| City | CORAL GABLES |
| State/Province | Florida |