Andrés Duany

Andrés Duany
Andrés Duany
	Congress for the New Urbanism

Andrés Duany (born September 7, 1949) is an American

Congress for the New Urbanism

.

Early life and education

Duany was born in New York City but grew up in Cuba until 1960.^[1] He attended The Choate School and Aiglon College and received his undergraduate degree in architecture and urban planning from Princeton University (1971). After a year of study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he received a master's degree from the Yale School of Architecture (1974).^[1]

Career

In 1977, Duany co-founded the Miami firm Arquitectonica with his wife, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Spear, and Hervin Romney. Arquitectonica was known for its playful, Latin-American influenced modernism. The firm's Atlantis Condominium was featured in the opening credits of the television series Miami Vice.

In 1980, Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk founded

New Classical Architecture

.

Duany is a co-founder and emeritus board member of the

Congress 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 the American Institute of Architects and an adjunct professor at the University of Miami.^[2]

Awards

Duany and his partner,

Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture, the Society of American Registered Architects

International Award, and the Albert Simons Medal of Excellence, among other awards.

Books

Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and
ISBN 0-86547-606-3

Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Robert Alminana (2003). The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning. New York: Rizzoli International Publications.
ISBN 0-8478-2186-2

Duany, Andrés and Jeff Speck, with Mike Lydon (2009). The Smart Growth Manual. New York: McGraw-Hill.
ISBN 0-07-137675-5

Duany, Andrés and DPZ (2011). Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Hetherington, Peter (2006-09-20). "Urban legend". The Guardian.
^ Caves, R. W. (2004). Encyclopedia of the City. Routledge. p. 198.
^ "Duany Plater-Zyberk". Alysbeach.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-15.