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EDSA (company)


EDSA, Inc. (previously known as Edward Durell Stone, Jr., and Associates) is a planning, landscape architecture, and urban design firm founded in 1960.

The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida with offices in Orlando, Florida; Baltimore, Maryland; and Shanghai, China. EDSA Orient Beijing is a joint venture company.

There are 120 employees who represent EDSA and come from a varied range of cultural and ethnic distinctiveness with origins from more than 25 different countries. In addition, their portfolio spans a global range of more than 500 projects in over 100 countries. The firm has been referred to as one of the leading landscape architecture companies in the world.

EDSA also considers itself a steward of the land, according to the website, and places sustainability at the forefront of its planning and design efforts. Other services that EDSA offers include: Site selection, site analysis, visioning workshops, land use program/feasibility studies, public participation/consensus building, site design, concept/theming, design development, hardscape/water feature design, planting design, and construction period services.

EDSA was founded in 1960 by American landscape architect Edward Durell Stone, Jr., who collaborated with his father, architect Edward Durell Stone, Sr. to found EDSA. Stone, Jr. died in 2009 and Douglas C. Smith, who joined the firm in 1987, now serves as president of the company.

In the 1960s, EDSA became an instrumental player in the travel and tourism industries, leading resort and recreation assignments primarily in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the Southeastern United States. During this time, EDSA adopted an environmentally-based design philosophy, which was a relatively obscure notion that takes inspiration from each project’s local heritage. A village center form became the framework for housing, amenities, and commerce in order to conserve resources and foster social diversity. This approach became a hallmark of EDSA resorts and communities.


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