LAURINDA SPEAR graduated from Brown University in 1972, and received her Master of Architecture from Columbia University in 1975. Since 1975, she has received numerous awards for architectural design both domestic and international. She has exhibited her work with universities and galleries from Rome to San Diego. From 1977-79, she was faculty member for the University of Miami in charge of Engineering and Environmental design. As a co-founder and principal of Architectonica, her International Architectural firm is responsible for the Miami skyline we know today made popular by the TV series Miami Vice..