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Andrés Duany

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Andrés Duany
Andrés Duany
Andrés Duany
Born(1949-09-07)September 7, 1949(age 74)
New York City
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Architectandurban planner
Known forfounder of theCongress for the New Urbanism

Andrés Duany(born September 7, 1949) is an Americanarchitect,anurban planner,and a founder of theCongress for the New Urbanism.

Early life and education[edit]

Duany was born inNew York Citybut grew up inCubauntil 1960.[1]He attendedThe Choate SchoolandAiglon Collegeand received his undergraduate degree inarchitectureandurban planningfromPrinceton University(1971). After a year of study at theÉcole des Beaux-ArtsinParis,he received a master's degree from theYale School of Architecture(1974).[1]

Career[edit]

In 1977, Duany co-founded theMiamifirmArquitectonicawith his wife,Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk,Bernardo Fort-Brescia,Laurinda Spear,and Hervin Romney. Arquitectonica was known for its playful, Latin-American influencedmodernism.The firm'sAtlantis Condominiumwas featured in the opening credits of the television seriesMiami Vice.

In 1980, Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk foundedDuany Plater-Zyberk & Company(DPZ), an architecture firm based inMiami, Florida.[1]DPZ participated in the formation of the international urban planning movement known asNew Urbanism,intended to offer an alternative tosuburban sprawland urban disinvestment. The firm first received recognition as the designer of new towns such asSeaside, FloridaandKentlands, Maryland.The firm has since completed designs and codes for over three hundred new towns, regional plans, and inner-city revitalization projects. Duany is also considered to be a representative ofNew Classical Architecture.

Duany is a co-founder and emeritus board member of theCongress for the New Urbanism(CNU), established in 1993.[1]He has co-authored five books:Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream;The New Civic Art;The Smart Growth Manual;Garden Cities;and Landscape Urbanism and Its Discontents.Duany has worked as visiting professor at many institutions and holds two honorary doctorates. He is a fellow of theAmerican Institute of Architectsand an adjunct professor at theUniversity of Miami.[2]

Awards[edit]

Duany and his partner,Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk,have been awarded several honorary doctorates and awards including theVincent Scully Prizeby theNational Building Museumin recognition of their contributions to the American built environment.[3]Duany has been awarded the Brandeis Award for Architecture, theThomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture,the Arthur Ross Award in Community Planning, the Richard H.Driehaus Prizefor Classical Architecture, theSociety of American Registered ArchitectsInternational Award, and the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence, among other awards.

Books[edit]

  • Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, andJeff Speck(2000).Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream.New York: North Point Press.ISBN0-86547-606-3
  • Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Robert Alminana (2003).The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning.New York: Rizzoli International Publications.ISBN0-8478-2186-2
  • Duany, Andrés and Jeff Speck, with Mike Lydon (2009).The Smart Growth Manual.New York: McGraw-Hill.ISBN0-07-137675-5
  • Duany, Andrés and DPZ (2011).Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism,The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment

References[edit]

  1. ^abcd Hetherington, Peter (2006-09-20)."Urban legend".The Guardian.
  2. ^Caves, R. W. (2004).Encyclopedia of the City.Routledge. p. 198.
  3. ^"Duany Plater-Zyberk".Alysbeach. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-09.Retrieved2012-08-15.

Further reading[edit]

  • Lombard, Joanna (2005).The Architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company.New York: Rizzoli International Publications.ISBN0-8478-2600-7

External links[edit]

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