Andres Duany (Urban Planner)
Introduction
Andrés Duany (New York, September 7, 1949) is an American architect and urban planner.
Biography
Duany was born in New York City, but grew up in Cuba until 1960. He received his degree in architecture and urban planning from Princeton University and after a year of study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture.
In 1977, Duany was an entrepreneurial architectural firm in Miami, with his wife, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Spear and Hervin Romney).
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company") (DPZ) became a leader in the national movement called New Urbanism, which seeks to end suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. The firm first received international recognition in the 1980s as this firm designed By the Sea, Kentlands Florida, Maryland. It was also recognized for having completed the designs and codes for more than two hundred new towns, regional plans, community and revitalization projects. At DPZ, Duany also led to the development of municipal zoning ordinances that prescribed urban arrangements suitable for all uses and all densities.
Duany is an entrepreneur and board member emeritus of the Congress for the New Urbanism, established in 1993. Additionally, he is the co-author of two books: "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Scatter, "The Decline of the American Dream")" and "The New Civic Art". Duany has worked as a visiting professor at numerous institutions and holds two honorary doctorates.
He also contributed to the design of Cornell, a community in Ontario, Canada.