• OFA Art Show

• OFA Art Show Reception

• Casa Feliz Documentary Screening Recap

• BAM Orlando Fundraiser Recap

• Murry S. King Brought Sunny Spain to Central Florida

• Company Spotlight Featuring SMA architecture + interiors

• New & Renewing Members

• OFA Company Members

• OFA's Architectural Guidebook

This year, we are excited to announce that we will have an Evening Reception on October 27th with drinks, light hors d'oeuvres, and a screening of the Isabel Roberts & Ida Ryan Film, "Two Women and the Pavilion on the Water". Purchase your tickets TODAY!

The screening took place at the historic Casa Feliz as part of their ongoing Parlor Series on October 11th. The Parlor Series focuses on programs that support the mission of the Friends of Casa Feliz, which includes preserving and promoting our community's rich architectural, historic and cultural heritage. Creating awareness of these two pioneering architects (Isabel Roberts & Ida Ryan) certainly does just that. Film contributers Gregory Stock, AIA CDT LEED BD+C and Reverend Dr. John A. Dalles will talk about Roberts and Ryan to supplement the showing of the film.

Black Architects in the Making - Orlando hosted their First Annual Fundraising event at Casa Feliz. It was a successful event celebrating students, sponsors, and supporters.

Learn more about the programs and events BAM Orlando offers and the impact they bring to our communities and the architecture and design professions.

For questions about BAM, please visit www.bamorlando.com.

The Spanish Revival building that has been home to the Park Lake Presbyterian Church since its completion in 1925 is an excellent example of early environmentally appropriate design.  Architect Murry S. King created the church building to be beautiful and functional, with a manner entirely in keeping with Florida’s history.  Inspired by Spanish mission churches of California and cathedrals of South America, the design features elements that were innovative then, and have become familiar over the past century.  Stucco walls, red roofs, round headed window openings, and bold geometric roof parapets all contribute to the building’s lasting appeal.

Situated on the shores of bucolic Park Lake, the church building was part of a larger intentional movement among the dozen or so Orlando architects practicing in the 1920’s, who, together, sought to design in a manner that was appropriate to Central Florida.  In so doing, they fostered a poetic romanticism that approaches fantasy architecture, giving the burgeoning “City Beautiful” a sense of glamour; and foreshadowed later theme-park architecture.

We have added a new page to the website featuring this beautiful historic landmark under our OFApedia Buildings tab. You can read more and view photos here

At SMA architecture + interiors, “Improving the lives of our clients and community through design” is the cornerstone of our philosophy. 

From our office in Lake Mary, we have provided high quality design services for 20 years throughout Florida and the Southeast Region.  Our range of experience and project types include retail, Publix, medical, office, industrial, restaurants, education, and themed entertainment. 

Our value driven approach focuses on maximizing the most “bang for the buck” for our clients while also accomplishing aesthetically pleasing designs. 

Contact us today. We would welcome the opportunity to help bring your vision and project to life!

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Order your copy of The Architectural Guide to Central Florida- the first available guide to offer visitors and natives alike an overview of outstanding buildings spanning nearly a century and a half of growth in Central Florida.

With dramatic color photography, the guidebook introduces the major cities from Daytona to Lake Wales, and architects who have shaped the communities, including Murry S. King, James Gamble Rogers II, Nils M. Schweizer and Gene Leedy, with essays by ten knowledgeable experts.