Gene Leedy - Notable Career Achievements

Notable Career Achievements

Gene Leedy was selected as one the Architectural Record's successful young architects in 1965 with a published portfolio of his work. In 1988, he was awarded the lifetime design achievement award from the Florida Association of Architects. He was installed into the College Of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects in 1992. He received the outstanding alumni award from the College of Architecture of the University of Florida in 1993. He has been extensively published in the U.S. and Europe and has received more than 50 architectural awards both nationally and statewide for his work.

He has designed projects throughout the U.S. including Hawaii and a large housing project for the government of Malaysia and has been a design consultant for Alfred A. Yee and Associates, Architects and Engineers, Honolulu, Hawaii for more than 25 years. Notable employees of Leedy include architects Lawrence Scarpa and Max Strang.

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