International designer wins awards for architectural vision
Sandra Diaz-Velasco adds an international architectural flair to all of her designs. Diaz-Velasco, who holds a license in architecture, was originally an architect in her native Colombia before coming to the U.S. to serve as project designer for Dean Lewis Architecture. She later served as project architect for Taylor & Taylor Partnership in Miami Beach, FL, before founding her own firm, Eolo A&I Design in Miami in 2008.
Many of her award-winning designs have been featured in consumer and trade publications and, in 2016, she was recognized as a Modern Luxury Interiors Dynamic Woman, and featured in the Ornare Miami Tastemakers Showcase. An award that served as a culmination of her 20 years of contributions to the profession in her adopted home of Florida was being selected as a “Star on the Rise” by the Design Center of the Americas (DCOTA) in 2015.
Diaz-Velasco is known for her sleek, contemporary designs that are on the cutting edge of technology, and integrating “smart home” components without obstructing the design’s form and function. She is constantly striving to stay in tune with the “latest of the latest.”
“My favorite new design elements are…where we had to deal with the challenge of incorporating functional elements without sacrificing design. In this project for a young executive in Miami, we made the kitchen stylish but not distracting, almost as though it were hiding in plain sight.”
