Florida licensed landscape architect Orlando Comas is nearing his fifty years enjoying a career in landscape design. He 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. Everyday he looks forward to his daily synthesis process of combining experience, the natural environment, new materials, and the pleasure of offering his clients fresh new ideas.
His first professional steps were in Miami during the early seventies. In the mid-seventies a new project venture prompted his move and open his Caracas studio where he worked on private homes, public parks and resort hotels for a span of ten years. Simultaneously his interest in nature and plants led him to start the nursery which became the largest privately owned nursery in Venezuela.
The South Florida studio was opened in 1996. Where he is committed to providing his Clients with full service landscape architecture. Most projects include the design of both 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 of landscape architecture.
A member of the American Society of Landscape Architects and Treasurer of the Society of Registered Architects, his work has been featured prominently in local, national and international publications and has been bestowed with multiple 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 completed over four hundred commissions and 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.
He is a Board Member of the Gables Estates Architectural Review Board and was a Board member of the City of Miami Beach Design Review Board (DRB) 2021-2023. He is Treasurer for the Florida Chapter of the Society of American Registered Architects.
COMAS DESIGN GROUP, INC., CORAL GABLES, FLORIDA, 33134, Landscape Architect
COMAS DESIGN GROUP, INC./ ORLANDO COMAS, ASLA - LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, Miami, FL, US, Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect
ENVIROSCOPE, INC, MIAMI, FLORIDA, 33032, Developer
President. Developer/Builder of single family residences in Miami-Dade County.
AGROMESA, S.A., Puero la Cruz/Caracas, Venezuela, Landscape Architect/Nursery Owner
Landscape design of resort hotels and single family homes in Venezuela and developer of 100 acre plant nursery to supply the local demand for landscape development in a fast growing tourist area.
BLT DESIGN AWARDS - 2023 - Gableshire Residential Award, Award
2023 MUSE AWARDS - Gables Tropical Modern - Residential, Award
2022 Red Awards - Outdoor Spaces - Regional Winner, Award
2021 BLT Built Desig Award - Honorable Mention, Award
2021 Architectural MasterPrize - Honorable Mention, Award
2020 Luxe Magazine - Gold List Award, Award
2020 Architecture MasterPrize - Residential Best of Best, Award
2018 The Architecture Masterprize - Honorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Residential, Award
2018 Luxe Magazine - Reader's Choicer Award, Award
2014 Award of Honor -ASLA - FLA - Rare Gem, Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - NATIONAL Silver - Omphoy Resort, Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - NATIONAL Silver - Private Res - Hollywood, Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - FLORIDA Gold - Omphoy Resort, Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - FLORIDA Silver - Private Residence, Miami Beach., Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - FLORIDA Silver - Private Residence, Cocoplum, Award
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - FLORIDA Bronze - Private Residence, Miami Beach., 1st Place
2013 American Society of Registered Architects - NATIONAL Gold - Private Res- M. Beach, Award
2010 Award of Honor -ASLA - FLA - Private Residence, Award
Landscape Architect of the Year- AIA-Miami 2010, Award
620 Ocea n Dr 2007 Platinum, Award
Builders Assoc. of So. FLA: 2007 Silver, Award
