Jobs

Employer: University of Miami, School of Engineering and Environmental Design

Title: Part-time faculty member in charge of Design Studio

City: Miami

State: Florida

Country: United States

Employer: Arquitectonica

Title: Co-founder and Principal

City: Coral Gables

State: Florida

Country: United States

Notes: The Miami based architectural firm known as Arquitectonica is renowned for producing futuristic and controversial designs for high-rise condominiums, office buildings and houses. Massive, multi-story buildings which would normally possess a mechanical and monotonous character have, in Arquitectonica's hands, become creative experiments - incorporating loud colors and bizarre architectural features. Spear has helped with the expansion of the firm to New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghi, Manila, Lima, Buenos Aires and San Paulo.

Employer: Laurinda Spear Products

Title: Designer

Notes: "Laurinda Spear Products has over 150 products on the market under dozens of global brands producing furniture, fabrics, light fixtures, bathroom fixtures, door hardware, china, neckties, scarves, watches, clocks, leather goods, wall coverings, laminates, carpeting, decorative architectural glass panels and street furniture, such as bus stop shelters, benches, and signage." http://www.laurindaspearproducts.com/

Employer: Arquitectonica Geo

Title: Founding Principal

Notes: http://www.arquitectonicageo.com

Collaborators

Name: Bernado Fort-Brescia

Project: various

Organization: Arquitectonica

City: Miami

State: Florida

Country: United States

Notes: Husband and Architect

Apprenticeships

No apprenticeships on record

Awards

Name: Progressive Architecture Design Award

Notes: Won with Rem Koolhaas, 1975, and citations in 1978 and 1980.

Name: New York Society of Architects Design Award

Name: Rome Prize

Description: in Architecture

Name: Design Achievement Award: Silver Medal

Description: South Florida Chapter of The American Institute of Architects

Notes: Awards for Overseas Tower, The Palace, and The Square at Key Biscayne, 1982 and Award for The Atlantis, 1983.

Name: Architectural Record

Notes: Record Houses, for Casa los Andes

Name: Interior Design Hall of Fame

Description: lifetime achievement award

Notes: from ID Magazine

Exhibitions

Title: Exhibitions

Description: 17 different exhibitions recorded

Country: delete

Notes: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, NYC, 1979; Florida Chapter of The American Institute of Architects, Orlando, 1979; Penn State University, 1980; University of Virginia, 1981; Princeton University, 1981; Columbia University, 1981; Biennale de Paris, 1982; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 1982; Mandeville Art Gallery/University of California at San Diego, 1983; Hudson River Museum, 1983; Ewald Scholars Symposium/Sweet Briar College, 1983; Center For The Fine Arts, Miami, Florida, 1984; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1985; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas, 1985; Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1986.

Title: Young Architects

Description: Yale University

Country: delete

Notable Projects

Title: US Embassy

City: Lima

Country: Peru

Title: Atlantis Condominiums

City: Miami

State: Florida

Country: United States

Title: American Airlines Arena

City: Miami

State: Florida

Country: United States

Title: Philips Arena

City: Atlanta

State: Florida

Country: United States

Title: Studio and headquarters for the Miami City Ballet

City: Miami Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Title: The Disney All Star Resorts and Bongo's Cuban Cafe

City: Orlando

State: Florida

Country: United States

Education

Institution: Brown University

Department: Fine Arts

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts

End Date: January 01, 1972

Institution: Columbia University

Degree: Master of Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1975

Institution: Florida International University

Degree: Master of Landscape Architecture

End Date: January 01, 2006

Licensing

License: Registered Architect

Organization: States of Florida and New York

License: Certification

Organization: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Professional Affiliations

Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Member

Notes: AIA National Committee on Design

Organization: Architectural Club of Miami

Role: Co-founder, member

Publications By

Publications About

Title: Women in Design a contemporary view

Author: Liz McQuiston

Publication: Book

Page: 120

Publisher: Rizzoli

City: New York City

Title: The Architect: Women in Contemporary Architecture

Author: Maggie Toy ed.

Page: 158-161

Publisher: Watson-Guptill