Raymond Jungles Inc.

Raymond Jungles Inc. was established in Miami, Florida, in 1982 by landscape architect Raymond Jungles. From its Miami base, the practice developed an international landscape architecture profile centered on private gardens, hospitality environments, master planning, and public work. Its geographic emphasis includes Florida and the Caribbean, regions where subtropical climate, intense sunlight, seasonal rainfall, and distinctive plant communities materially influence landscape design. Jungles’s design outlook was shaped in part by Luis Barragán and Roberto Burle Marx. These influences are reflected in an interest in the relationship between architecture, garden space, planting, geometry, color, and regional landscape character. The practice’s work is described as modern and sustainable, with projects ranging from intimate residential gardens to larger resort and planned developments. Rather than operating as a product brand, the company functions as a professional design studio whose principal offering is expertise in landscape architecture and site planning. Professional recognition has been a significant part of the firm’s public profile. Jungles received multiple honors from the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects, including a 2005 Award of Excellence and several 2001 distinctions. The available record associates the 2001 awards with projects including Hyatt Windward Point Resort and Island Modern. In the same year, the Miami chapter of the American Institute of Architects named him Landscape Architect of the Year. The University of Florida later named him its Most Distinguished Alumni in 2000, and the American Society of Landscape Architects is reported to have honored him with thirty-five design awards. In 2024, he received the ASLA Design Medal for Landscape Architecture. Publicly available material supplied for this entry does not provide a detailed chronology of the firm’s individual commissions, employee structure, ownership arrangements, financial performance, or current executive team beyond its founder. It also does not establish a separate corporate parent or a publicly traded listing. The firm is therefore best documented as a founder-established, privately held landscape architecture practice with an international project presence and a strong association with tropical and subtropical garden and hospitality design.

• 2024

  ASLA Design Medal for Landscape Architecture

  Raymond Jungles receives the American Society of Landscape Architects Design Medal for Landscape Architecture.

• 2005

  Florida Chapter ASLA Award of Excellence

  [1]Raymond Junglesen.wikipedia.org

  Raymond Jungles or the firm’s work receives an Award of Excellence from the Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.

• 2001

  Florida and Miami professional awards

  [1]Raymond Junglesen.wikipedia.org

  Jungles receives Florida Chapter ASLA distinctions and is named Landscape Architect of the Year by the Miami chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

• 2000

  University of Florida Most Distinguished Alumni recognition

  [1]Raymond Junglesen.wikipedia.org

  The University of Florida names Raymond Jungles its Most Distinguished Alumni.

• 1982

  Raymond Jungles Inc. is founded

  [1]Raymond Junglesen.wikipedia.org

  Raymond Jungles establishes the landscape architecture firm in Miami, Florida.

A Miami-based, internationally active landscape architecture practice positioned around contemporary, site-responsive, and climate-conscious design for residential, hospitality, master-planning, and public projects.

• Landscape architecture service

  Residential and private gardens

  The firm designs private gardens and residential landscapes, with work tailored to the architecture, site conditions, and subtropical climate of places such as Florida and the Caribbean. These projects can include spatial organization, planting design, water elements, circulation, outdoor rooms, and integration between buildings and gardens.

• Landscape architecture service

  Hospitality and resort landscapes

  Raymond Jungles Inc. provides landscape architecture for hotels, resorts, and related hospitality environments. The work is intended to shape arrival sequences, guest areas, gardens, pools, outdoor circulation, and the broader character of a destination. The available record links the practice with Hyatt Windward Point Resort.

• Planning and design service

  Master planning

  The practice undertakes landscape-led master planning for larger sites and developments. This service addresses the organization of open space, planting systems, circulation, ecological response, public and private zones, and the relationship between landscape and built form across an entire plan.

• Landscape architecture service

  Public landscape design

  The firm also works on public landscape and site-design commissions. Such work applies its design approach beyond private gardens and resorts to shared civic or institutional environments, although the supplied sources do not identify a complete list of public projects.

1. 1Raymond Junglesen.wikipedia.org