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Team Disney Building
Some say the massing and profile of this building reminds them of an ocean liner. The hollow ‘stack’ or cone rises 120 feet above the 4...
Oct 25, 20212 min read


Murry S. King
Through his numerous commissions in the early 1900’s Murry King created the sophisticated image of downtown Orlando with its classical...
Oct 12, 20214 min read


Gene Leedy, FAIA
Gene Leedy was an inventive architect and teacher with the mind of an engineer. He is a central figure in the development of pre-stressed...
Aug 27, 20213 min read


Frank Lloyd Wright Designs A Chapel for Florida
Annie Pfeiffer Chapel Exterior, image courtesy of FSU Florida Southern College in Lakeland is Frank Lloyd Wright’s one college campus...
Aug 2, 20216 min read


Winter Park Historic District Walking Tour
June 26, 2021 | 10am-11:30am The Orlando Foundation for Architecture is pleased to announce the launch the second of the “Old Florida...
Jun 29, 20212 min read


FLORIDA POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY
Architect: Santiago Calatrava Built 2014 You may have seen this building under construction in the background of Dodge Ram Pick-up...
Jun 22, 20212 min read


Deland Historic Districts Walking Tours
May 22, 2021 | 10am-11:30am Join OFA for a fun and interesting Walking Tour of Deland! There will be two (2) tours to choose from– one...
May 25, 20212 min read


"The Happy House"
Robert Barbour, a Massachusetts industrialist, lived in Winter Park for 18 years and was well involved in the community when he set about...
May 25, 20213 min read


Clyde A. Brady III, FAIA
Clyde Brady is one of the most influential architects who between 1965 and 2000 helped shape the Central Florida environment through a...
Mar 23, 20212 min read


ISABEL ROBERTS & IDA ANNAH RYAN
One of Orlando’s architecture firms in the early 1900’s, was comprised of two women, one a Bostonian, and one a Prairie School figure....
Mar 10, 20215 min read


Markers of History: Philadelphia to Washington to Central Florida
Despite the title of the sitcom, it isn’t always sunny in Philadelphia, but on this day in May 2016 the temperature was comfortably in...
Feb 22, 20218 min read


Jefre Manuel's The Beacon at Lake Nona
If the streets did not turn directly in the parking garage at the town center in Lake Nona, you might never realize what it is. Artist...
Sep 28, 20202 min read


A Rare Look Inside a Historic Home
A half block down Kenilworth Terrace from Lake Highland Prep School is a little-known house design by one of the first female architects...
Sep 3, 20203 min read


Black Lives Matter in Architecture Too
Little is recorded about the black architects and builders that have helped shape our local communities, but their contributions are...
Jul 28, 20202 min read


JAMES GAMBLE ROGERS II
The architectural legend of Winter Park, James Gamble Rogers II was born on January 24, 1901, in Chicago, to John Arthur Rogers and...
Jul 8, 20202 min read


A Phoenix Rises
The day before the Florida governor instructed us all to stay at home, our Orlando Architecture Foundation Board was invited along with...
Jun 2, 20203 min read


A MARRIAGE OF FLIGHTS
Architecture often is organized around abstract geometrical ideas, sometimes they are metaphorical symbols related to the client or their...
Apr 21, 20204 min read


Virtual Tours
With the correct equipment, you can travel to destinations all over the world without ever having to leave your home and these days, the...
Apr 16, 20201 min read


Connecting to Nature – Orlando Health on Osceola Parkway
(This is a continuation of the Article featured in our April OFA Newsletter: FOUNDATIONS) HuntonBrady Architects received an Award of...
Mar 28, 20203 min read


Untitled
Our Architectural Guidebook was featured last week on WMFE public radio. Check it out at the link: https://www.wmfe.org/the-architectural...
May 10, 20171 min read
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