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interior architectural designer

Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, Cuban Interior architectural designer. Avocations: theater, opera. M C. Recipient Star award Institute Business Designers, l987, also over 30 other design awards; named Designer of Year Interiors magazine, 1982; inducted toInterior Design Hall of Fame Interior Design magazine, 1988.

Background

Diaz-Azcuy, Orlando was born on April 28, 1939 in Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Son of Antonio Diaz-Acosta and Hortensia Azcuy-Garcia. came to the United States, l962.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Catholic University America, 1963. Master Landscape Architecture, University California, Berkeley, 1968. Master City Planning, University California, 1970.

Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), International Fine Arts College, Miami, Florida, 1987.

Career

Designer, Laurence Halprin & Associations, San Francisco, l969-70; designer, Leo A. Daly Company, San Francisco, l970-72; director design, Environmental Planning & Research, San Francisco, l972-76; design principal, vice president, Gensler & Associations, Architects, San Francisco, l976-87; designer, president, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Designs, Inc., San Francisco, l987--. Part-time instructor graduate school design Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986, 87, 88. Lecturer various schools and professional organizations.

Achievements

  • Orlando Diaz-Azcuy has been listed as a notable Interior architectural designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors University of California Art Museum, Berkeley, 1977-1980, American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, since 1988, Foundation for Interior Design Edition and Research, New York City, since 1987. Member San Francisco Opera Association (board directors since 1988).

Interests

  • Theater, opera.

Connections

Father:
Antonio Diaz-Acosta

Mother:
Hortensia Azcuy-Garcia