Jeffrey Huber, FAIA
Principal, Director of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, BROOKS + SCARPA, and Professor, School of Architecture, Florida Atlantic University
Jeff’s talk at the Kampong National Tropical Botanic Garden will illuminate the struggle to find strategies to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate on planning and architecture in the South Florida region and how a regional approach to climate has shaped the architecture, communities and culture of the region. He is a principal, manages the South Florida studio, and serves as Director of Landscape Architecture, Urban Design and Planning at Brooks + Scarpa. A distinguished architect and landscape architect, Huber’s work specializes on public realm projects that combine ecological, landscape, urban, and architectural design. He has advanced sustainability initiatives in soft cities, agricultural urbanism, green school design, missing-middle housing, transit-oriented development, low impact development/green infrastructure and adaptation/transformation design methodologies to address emerging and future climate disruptions.
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA
2024 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Architectural Education winner
Elizabeth will address the conference at the University of Miami School of Architecture where she describes economic, environmental, and energy issues are causing us to reassess the ever-wider extension of metropolitan areas, and how regional design can shape new town centers as well as extend equitable and sustainable building and typologies. The 2024 winner of the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Architectural Education, she has transformed the teaching of architecture by ceaselessly promoting walkable and resilient design, and integrated her students into projects that build community and support well-being. Her work with DPZ Partners, has received numerous awards and recognitions including honorary degrees, Architectural Record’s first Women in Architecture Award, and the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture.
Max Strang, FAIA & Elizabeth Starr, AIA
Partners, STRANG Design
Elizabeth will address their approach to design at the National Tropical Botanic Garden while Max will tour us through a new regional modern dwelling in Coconut Grove. For 25 years STRANG Design a Florida-based architectural, interior design and landscape design firm respected for advancing the principles of Environmental Modernism in extraordinary locations around the world. Their design approach acutely considers the future impact climate change will have on residential and urban development in the coming decades, and the iconic designs thoughtfully integrate with South Florida’s subtropical climate. Max Strang has won dozens of awards, including the 2022 AIA Miami Architect of the Year, 2018 AIA Florida Medal of Honor for Design, and 2013 AIA Miami Silver Medal for Design.
Raymond Jungles
Founding Principal, Raymond Jungles, Inc.
Raymond will illustrate his strategies and techniques showing two examples of his amazing gardens – one for his house, and one for his office in Coconut Grove. He is the founder of the Miami-based Landscape Architecture firm, Raymond Jungles, Inc. (RJI), recognized for excellence in the design and implementation of public and private sector projects. His work has been celebrated with numerous awards, including three National Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects for the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve, the Sky Garden, and Island Modern. He is also a recipient of fifty-six design awards from the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, including eighteen Awards of Excellence and six Frederic B. Stresau Awards.
Victor Duepi
Assoc. Professor Prof Practice, Senior Lecturer, University of Miami School of Architecture
Victor will provide insight to how Cuban artists and architects defined a way to be modern and Cuban at the same time, creating an artistic culture that oscillated between the avant-garde and tradition responding carefully to climate and the environment. Victor Duepi teaches history and theory, design, and representation at the University of Miami School of Architecture. The principal focus of his research is on the Early Modern Spanish and Ibero-American world, mid-20th-century Cuba, and contemporary architecture. His books include New Directions in Research and Practice Emilio Sanchez in New York and Latin America, Cuban Modernism: Mid-Century Architecture 1940-1970, with Jean-Francois Lejeune.