Laurinda Hope Spear
Laurinda Hope Spear, FAIA, ASLA, LEED AP (born 1950) is an American architect and landscape architect based in Miami, Florida. She is one of the founders of Arquitectonica, the international architecture, planning, and interior design firm, which formed in 1977. In 2005, in order to further explore sustainable design principles, she co-founded ArquitectonicaGEO (ArqGEO), a landscape architecture, master planning and urban design firm.
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Laurinda Hope Spear
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- Name
- Laurinda Hope Spear
- Born
- 23 August 1950
- Birthplace
- Rochester, MN, USA
- Known for
- Arquitectonica and ArquitectonicaGEO
- Occupation
- Architect, landscape architect and designer
- Nationality
- United States
- Education
- Brown University · Columbia University · Florida International University · Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Planning and Preservation
- Honours
- Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
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Laurinda Hope Spear, FAIA, ASLA, LEED AP (born 1950) is an American architect and landscape architect based in Miami, Florida. She is one of the founders of Arquitectonica, the international architecture, planning, and interior design firm, which formed in 1977. In 2005, in order to further explore sustainable design principles, she co-founded ArquitectonicaGEO (ArqGEO), a landscape architecture, master planning and urban design firm.
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Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950) is an architect, ceramicist and designer, of American nationality. The architect was born in Rochester. Laurinda Hope Spear was educated at Brown University, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Columbia University, among others.
Among the works is JW Marriott Hotel Lima. Honours include Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
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• Name — Laurinda Hope Spear • Born — 23 August 1950 • Birthplace — Rochester, MN, USA • Known for — Arquitectonica and ArquitectonicaGEO • Occupation — Architect, landscape architect and designer
Early life
Early life
Spear was born in 1950. In 1968 she graduated from Everglades School and in 1972 received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Brown University, where she was later a trustee for six years. She received her Master of Architecture from Columbia University in 1975 and a Master of Landscape Architecture from Florida International University in 2006. Spear was awarded the Rome Prize in Architecture in 1978. In 1992, she was made a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 1999, she was inducted into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame.
Career
Career
Spear co-founded Arquitectonica in 1977 with fellow architects Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Hervin Romney. Spear made a contribution as an outside designer for The Modern Fan Company in 2000 before being released to the market in 2001. She brought her taste and creativity to their collection with the innovative glass fan, the "Whirlybird".
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Spear is married to Bernardo Fort Brescia. They live and work in Coconut Grove, Florida.
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1950
Laurinda Hope Spear born at Rochester.
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- 1.Oxford University Press, Inc. The Concise Grove Dictionary of Art. 2002.
- 2.Fleming, John. The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture: Fifth Edition. Penguin. 23. 2000. 978-0-14-051323-3.
- 3.Bernstein, Fred. Trade Secrets; Another Cooling Sound To Drown Out the Heat. The New York Times. June 14, 2001.
- 4.Ransom-Everglades School. Alumni Directory 1981.
- 5.Corporation of Brown University elects eight new trustees. Brown University News Service. 2003-06-04.
- 6.Arquitectonica International Corporation. Our People.
- 7.Greenway Communications. Almanac of architecture and design. 400–. 2005. 978-0-9675477-9-4.
- 8.Wayback Machine. The Modern Fan Co. - Whirlybird. March 8, 2005.
- 9.Wayback Machine. The Modern Fan Co. - Whirlybird. November 25, 2005.
- 10.Wayback Machine. The Modern Fan Co. - Whirlybird Cut Sheet. March 16, 2006.
- 11.Leigh Brown, Patricia. Having a Wonderful Time in Miami. The New York Times. October 25, 1990.
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Formation and teaching. Spear studied at Brown University, Columbia University, Florida International University and Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Recorded with the occupation architect. Recorded as architect, designer and ceramicist. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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