DPZ CoDesign
U.S. architecture and town planning firm
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DPZ CoDesign (DPZ) (formerly Duany Plater-Zyberk & Co. and DPZ Partners) is an architecture and town planning firm based in Miami, Florida. It was founded in 1980 by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk.[1]
| Company type | Public |
|---|---|
| Industry | Architecture |
| Founded | 1980 |
| Founder | Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk |
Key people | Andrés Duany Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk |
| Website | https://www.dpz.com/ |
Besides Duany and Plater-Zyberk, DPZ's current partners are Galina Tachieva, Marina Khoury, Senen M. A. Antonio, and Matthew J. Lambert.[2] The New Urbanist firm's main areas of practice include regional and downtown plans, new towns, urban infill, villages and resort villages, and transit-oriented development.[3] DPZ also works on suburban retrofits, campuses, housing, and civic buildings.[2]
The firm is headquartered in Miami, Florida, and has offices in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and Portland, Oregon.[4]
Disaster recovery planning
DPZ organized and led the Mississippi Renewal Forum, which generated plans for eleven municipalities along the Mississippi Coast.[1][5] They prepared a series of typological plans for recovery and redevelopment of the Southern Louisiana coast under the Louisiana Speaks effort. Additionally, the company participated in the Unified New Orleans Plan as the neighborhood planner for the French Quarter, the Central Business District and Gentilly. Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, DPZ, working under The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment (TPFBE), prepared a recovery plan for Port-au-Prince.[6][7]
Awards
DPZ has received several awards for its work, including two National AIA Awards, the Thomas Jefferson Award, the Vincent Scully Prize, and Richard H. Driehaus Prize.[8][9] The firm's Seaside, Florida project was the first authentic new town to be built in the United States in over fifty years. In 1989, Time, a news magazine, selected Seaside as one of the 10 "Best of the Decade" achievements in the field of design.[2]
Further reading
- Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck. Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, North Point Press, 2001 ISBN 0-86547-606-3 or ISBN 978-0-86547-606-6.
- Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Robert Alminana. New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2003. ISBN 0-8478-2186-2.
- Joanna Lombard. The Architecture of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company. New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 2005 ISBN 0-8478-2600-7.
- Andrés Duany and Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon. The Smart Growth Manual, McGraw-Hill Professional, 2009. ISBN 0-07-137675-5 or ISBN 978-0-07-137675-4.
- Thomas E. Low. Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability and Community Design, Civic by Design, 2010. ISBN 1-931871-09-4 or ISBN 978-1-931871-09-9.
- Galina Tachieva. Sprawl Repair Manual, Island Press, 2010. ISBN 1-59726-732-5 or ISBN 978-1-59726-732-8.
- Andrés Duany, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, 2011. ISBN 1-906384-04-5 or ISBN 978-1-906384-04-3.