Javi Suarez

Javi Suarez is an award winning architect with extensive experience in a wide variety of design applications such as cultural, institutional, educational, commercial, religious, and residential projects. He was born in Puerto Rico and moved to Sarasota at the age of 10. He is a product of the Sarasota public education program, having graduated from Ashton Elementary, McIntosh Middle School, and Riverview High School. He received his Bachelor of Architectural with honors from the University of Florida and a Master’s degree in Architecture from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Javi’s work has been published in numerous local and national publications. Most recently it has been exhibited in “Think Fast Exhibition,” which was displayed at Ball State University in Indiana, Kansas State University, and the School of Design Strategies at Parsons in New York City. Javi is also a graduate of Leadership Florida class XXVII. He currently serves on the Community Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board and is the President-Elect of the American Institute of Architects Gulf Coast Chapter. Javi and his wife Liz are raising two wonderful kids in Sarasota – their 12-year-old son Javierito and 8-year-old daughter Natalia.