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Interior Design Team

TSAO DESIGN GROUP

TSAO Design Group is an award winning architecture and interior design firm serving corporate, institutional and private clients. They have offices in San Francisco and Miami that provide comprehensive design services for the development of new buildings, renovation of existing structures and every aspect of interior architecture. Their design portfolio contains over three decades of work expressing a variety of architectural styles as different as their clients. Each project expresses an individual aesthetic created in response to a program, a site and a shared vision. TSAO Design's approach to design is user centric and site specific, rooted in a passionate belief that their highest responsibility as architects is to cultivate what is unique about each project, each client, and each opportunity. 

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Janie Coka, IIDA, LEED AP, NCIDQ

Principal, Miami

305-576-2006 ext.14
jcoka@tsaodesign.com

Janie’s infectiously positive attitude, self-driven motivation and leadership skills make her an asset to TSAO Design Group. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science at Florida International University and is a Florida licensed Interior Designer. Janie started at TSAO Design Group as a project coordinator and is now one of four Principals.  Janie serves as Studio Director at TSAO Design Group Miami managing staffing, project loads, agency coordination and consultant coordination.

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Passionate and enthusiastic about Art and Design, as well as serving her Clients, Janie welcomes each project as her own. Sensitive to Client’s needs and with a second Bachelor’s of Arts in Psychology, Janie is trained to listen intensely and translate her Client’s objectives.  With an expertise in Retail Design, retail philosophy and the psychology of purchasing, Janie has worked with such clients as Federated Department Stores, Sephora, Off Broadway Shoes, among others. Organization and the simplification of complex tasks allow Janie to navigate the most challenging of projects, leading the projects down the road of success.

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Born in the Midwest and early childhood upbringing in Northern Florida Janie is a Floridian at heart. Family roots in Santiago, Chile instill in Janie a love of culture and diversity.

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“I feel that a successful project is one of collaboration and creative problem solving with an end result that exceeds Client’s expectations.”

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Mayra Cohen-Mora, RID, IIDA, NCIDQ, ASID, LEED AP

Senior Design Manager

305-576-2006 ext.11
mcohenmora@tsaodesign.com

With more than 35 years of progressive experience in the architecture and interior design practice, Mayra brings a wealth of expertise to the TSAO team.  Mayra is a self-motivated professional with innovative thought processes and is a forward-thinker that develops cutting-edge design solutions.

 

Mayra has held a few lead positions with some of the top 100 Architectural firms in South Florida. Her experience spans many project types across many industries including workplace, retail, hospitality, cruise ship, aviation, healthcare, residential, multifamily, governmental and higher education for clients located not only in South Florida, but internationally in South America, the Caribbean and the Middle East.  

 

Mayra received her Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture and Urban Design from the University of Colorado at Boulder and her Master's in Urban Design from Pratt Institute.

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Mayra's motto -- "I am passionate about bringing spaces to life."

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