Meridian is an architecture studio in Coconut Grove. The name is the method: the sun crosses our meridian at 25°46′ north, and every project starts by measuring what that means for a room. The lineage is tropical modernism and the Sarasota School. The practice is measurement.
Four inputs, every project.
Shade
Openings sized to sun angles, not to elevations. Overhangs, reveals, and brise-soleil do the air conditioner's work first.
Breeze
Plans organized so the trade wind has a route: courtyards, breezeways, and pocket glazing that turns rooms into porches.
Storm
Performance, not fear: elevated datums, impact glazing, and closures designed as carefully as the facades they protect.
Salt
Materials that belong to the latitude: oolite, keystone, travertine, ipe, stucco. Chosen to weather, detailed to last.
The people behind the practice.
Mara Estrada, AIA, LEED AP
Founding principal
Estrada founded Meridian in 2016 after a decade with regional modernists. She teaches a design studio at the University of Miami School of Architecture and leads the residential work.
Daniel Voss, AIA, NCARB
Principal
Voss leads the cultural and adaptive reuse work. His background in structural engineering shows: the studio's storm posture is his standing brief.
- AIA Miami Divine Detail, 2025
- Meridian Line Pavilion
- AIA Miami Honor Award, 2024
- Oolite House
- AIA Florida Merit Award, 2023
- Casuarina Residence
Engaged together or independently.
Architecture
New construction and additions, schematic design through construction observation.
Interiors
Interior architecture and finishes, integrated with the building or engaged independently.
Landscape
Site, shade, and planting design; the courtyard is half the plan at this latitude.
Preservation & reuse
Reversible interventions, flood-aware programming, and county process fluency.
Schematic design · Design development · Construction documentation · Permitting & bidding · Construction observation