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Paul Kissinger
Lecturer
Landscape Architecture
Cities + Mobility + Built Environment
About
Paul has over three decades of experience in the world of planning, landscape architecture and urban design. He led a team of professionals and has completed over 100 projects across the globe in hospitality, entertainment and attractions, urban design and redevelopment planning, community planning, public realm, and environmental projects. Many of which have been recognized by domestic and international organizations as award-winning, including an Urban Land Institute’s Global Design Award. As a result of this success, he became a senior member of the leadership team at a major long-standing international planning, landscape architecture and urban design firm.
Core to his practice is the creation of environments that exude energy, offer economic viability, and respect the context and environment in which they exist while always enhancing the overall aesthetics of the place. Positively impacting the environment by influencing the process, he has developed an innate talent to design organic, impactful spaces that offer visual appeal and social justice for users across the globe. At the foundation of Paul’s altruistic approach lies a focus on innovation as a way of life – placing technology, non-complacency, and sustainability at the forefront of every project. He derives great satisfaction in knowing that, what he advocates for, supports, and produces will ultimately change lives for the better.
He has led complex projects with a large team of consultants and has provided consensus-building at a variety of scales including international and domestic government leaders, to business and community leaders. Paul has been a vital strategic advisor to a number of cities and developers across the world which has resulted in a large portfolio of built work. Due to this portfolio of award-winning work, Paul was inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows.
Licensed Landscape Architect: Florida, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB) Certified
Publications
Arredo & Citta 1 - 2021, Fondazione Neri - People, Turtles, and Lighting: A Case Study of the City of Fort Lauderdale
Lodging - March 2020 Four Things to Know About Designing Sustainable Waterfront Hotels
Arredo & Citta 2 - 2018, Fondazione Neri - Landscape Architecture And The Green Stuff. It Is So Much More
Accolades
Kissimmee River Save Our River Natural Resource Master Plan, Central Florida, ASLA/Florida Chapter,1995
Kissimmee River Save Our River Natural Resource Master Plan, Central Florida, ASLA/ National, 1996
Kissimmee River Save Our River Natural Resource Master Plan, Central Florida, Florida Design Arts Award, 1996 & 1998
Greater Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce Salute to Business Leadership Fort Lauderdale Award, 2002
Owensboro Riverftont District Master Plan, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Kentucky Chapter, 2004
Owensboro RiverPark Center, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Kentucky Chapter, 2004
Owensboro Riverftont District Master Plan, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2005
Principal at EDSA when EDSA was awarded the Urban Land Institute’s entity of the Year, 2006
Mitch McConnell Riverwalk & Plaza, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Kentucky Chapter, 2007
English Park Scenic Overlook and Boat Ramp, Owensboro Kentucky, ASLA/Kentucky Chapter, 2009
Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects, inducted in 2009
South Florida Regional Transit Alternatives Study for the South Florida East Coast Corridor Design Guidelines, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2010
Valletta Waterfront, Valletta, Malta, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2010
Principal at EDSA when EDSA was awarded the ASLA National Landscape Architecture Firm Award, 2010
English Park Scenic Overlook and Boat Ramp, Owensboro Kentucky, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2012
Mitch McConnell Riverwalk & Plaza, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2012
Smother’s Park, Owensboro, Kentucky, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2013
Smother’s Park, Owensboro, Kentucky, Waterfront Center’s Excellence on the Waterfront, 2013
Valletta Waterfront, Valletta, Malta, Waterfront Center, 2012
Valletta Waterfront, Valletta, Malta, Urban Land Institute’s Global Award of Excellence, 2012
Pompano Beach Dune Enhancement and Beach Streetscape, Pompano Beach, Florida, ASLA/Florida Chapter, 2013
Las Olas Corridor Streetscape and Oceanside Park Enhancement, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, ASLA/Florida Chapter Frederick R. Stressau Award and Award of Excellence, 2023
Education
MLA, Kansas State University
BS, University of Michigan
Affiliations
Fellow, American Society of Landscape Architects