LANDSCAPE CONSERVATION and REDEVELOPMENT
David J Driapsa Landscape Architect provides research, planning and design leadership through art, science, collaboration and recognition of the close affinity between culture and nature, achieving tangible outcomes in landscape conservation and redevelopment for present and future generations.
About
David J. Driapsa Landscape Architect has received accolades and awards in a career spanning more than twenty years. His interesting portfolio includes significant cultural landscapes in Florida, including Koreshan Unity Settlement Historic District State Park, Thomas and Mina Edison Winter Estate Historic Site, Bay Colony, Oakmont Village, Pelican Bay, Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Nehrling's Tropical Gardens and Arboretum Historic Site, Hole-In-The-Wall Golf Club, Casa Rio, Coquina Cottage, Indies West, Naples Historic Society Palm Cottage Garden, and landmark projects in New Mexico, Arizona and California.
David J. Driapsa Landscape Architect is an award-winning consulting practice, providing research, planning, design and administration services to conserve heritage resources, develop premier neighborhoods and create handcrafted landscapes constructed by master craftsmen and artisans, including all-natural Nadia's Native Plant Garden and Memorial, winning the First Place Award Institutional Category by Florida Native Plant Society; exquisite Frank Mohr Jr. Memorial Garden, winning State Landscape Design Award by Florida Federation of Garden Clubs; historic Edison Moonlight Garden, winning Merit Award for Preservation and Restoration by Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects; Oakmont Roadways, winning Merit Award for Preservation and Restoration by Florida Chapter American Society of Landscape Architects and the Neighborhood Xeriscape Demonstration Site Award by the South Florida Water Management District; master planned resort community of Pelican Bay, winning Community of the Year Award by the Urban Land Institute for integration of man and environment. All of these complex projects involved teams of professionals; many have won individual firm awards.
David Driapsa is licensed to practice landscape architecture in Florida, registered in New Mexico (inactive) and Arizona (inactive) and holds national certification with the Council of Landscape Registration Boards. He is a professional member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) and has served the society as Historic Preservation Professional Practice Network (HP-PPN) chair, co-chair and vice chair, and currently serves as Florida District Officer of the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) and Member-At-Large of Florida Chapter Executive Committee as HALS Sub-Committee Chair.
David Driapsa earned degrees in landscape architecture from Ohio State University and University of Arizona. His masters degree is with specialization in cultural landscape research. He is a certified journeyman carpenter, trained in construction, with expertise in restoration. Prior to establishing his professional practice in 1993 he was landscape architect and planner with Westinghouse Communities of Naples, Inc., the community development subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation; landscape architect with the Environmental Design Unit, Engineering Division, State of New Mexico Department of Transportation and Highways; and Graduate Research Assistant with Ervin H. Zube, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Arizona.
Thank you for your interest in David J. Driapsa Landscape Architect, consulting landscape architect for research, planning, design and administration services in cultural landscape documentation, interpretation, conservation and redevelopment. Inquiries always are welcome.
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Professional Landscape Architect, Florida Registration #1185
