Since its founding in 1980, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company has completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities. This work has exerted a major influence on the practice and direction of urban planning in the United States.
DPZ's projects have received numerous awards, including two National AIA Awards and two Governor's Urban Design Awards for Excellence. The firm's early project of Seaside, Florida, was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the United States in over fifty years. In 1989, Time Magazine selected Seaside as one of the 10 "Best of the Decade" achievements in the field of design. The firm has been featured in other national media such as NBC News and ABC News, as well as Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker.
A significant aspect of DPZ's work is its innovative use of planning regulations, including the Urban and Architectural Codes that accompany each design. Tailored to the individual project, the codes address the manner in which buildings are formed and located to ensure that they create useful and distinctive public spaces. Local architectural traditions and building techniques are also codified within the regulations.
The firm's method of integrating master plans with project-specific design codes and regulations is currently being applied to sites ranging from 10 to over 500,000 acres throughout the United States. Abroad, DPZ projects are underway in Canada, Germany, Belgium, Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, and Turkey. Urban redevelopment plans for existing communities include: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; West Palm Beach, Naples, Stewart, Sarasota, and Fort Myers, Florida; and Providence, Rhode Island.
DPZ maintains an architectural practice as well, primarily confined to construction in the Caribbean and select, licensed states in the southeastern United States. Working within a defined region allows the firm to focus on the relationships of individual buildings to specific geographical and historical traditions. The firm's architectural work has been published and recognized internationally.
In addition to its design work, DPZ is widely recognized as a leader of the international movement against the proliferation of suburban sprawl. The firm's principals were cofounders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, recognized by the New York Times as "the most important collective architectural movement in the United States in the past fifty years." Their recent book, Suburban Nation, written with DPZ Director Jeff Speck, was hailed as "an essential text for our time," and "a major literary event" in the national media. In 2001, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk were awarded the Vincent Scully prize by the National Building Museum in recognition of their contributions to the American built environment.
Since its founding in 1980, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company has completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities. This work has exerted a major influence on the practice and direction of urban planning in the United States.
DPZ's projects have received numerous awards, including two National AIA Awards and two Governor's Urban Design Awards for Excellence. The firm's early project of Seaside, Florida, was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the United States in over fifty years. In 1989, Time Magazine selected Seaside as one of the 10 "Best of the Decade" achievements in the field of design. The firm has been featured in other national media such as NBC News and ABC News, as well as Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker.
A significant aspect of DPZ's work is its innovative use of planning regulations, including the Urban and Architectural Codes that accompany each design. Tailored to the individual project, the codes address the manner in which buildings are formed and located to ensure that they create useful and distinctive public spaces. Local architectural traditions and building techniques are also codified within the regulations.
The firm's method of integrating master plans with project-specific design codes and regulations is currently being applied to sites ranging from 10 to over 500,000 acres throughout the United States. Abroad, DPZ projects are underway in Canada, Germany, Belgium, Australia, the Philippines, Mexico, and Turkey. Urban redevelopment plans for existing communities include: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; West Palm Beach, Naples, Stewart, Sarasota, and Fort Myers, Florida; and Providence, Rhode Island.
DPZ maintains an architectural practice as well, primarily confined to construction in the Caribbean and select, licensed states in the southeastern United States. Working within a defined region allows the firm to focus on the relationships of individual buildings to specific geographical and historical traditions. The firm's architectural work has been published and recognized internationally.
In addition to its design work, DPZ is widely recognized as a leader of the international movement against the proliferation of suburban sprawl. The firm's principals were cofounders of the Congress for the New Urbanism, recognized by the New York Times as "the most important collective architectural movement in the United States in the past fifty years." Their recent book, Suburban Nation, written with DPZ Director Jeff Speck, was hailed as "an essential text for our time," and "a major literary event" in the national media. In 2001, Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk were awarded the Vincent Scully prize by the National Building Museum in recognition of their contributions to the American built environment.