Andrés Duany
Andrés Duany (born September 7, 1949 in New York City ) is an American architect, urban planner and co-founder of the New Urbanism movement .
Life
Duany grew up in Cuba until 1960 . He received a BA in Architecture and Urban Planning from Princeton University . After a year at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture.
Professional development
In 1977 Duany co-founded the architecture firm Arquitectonica in Miami: Other owners were his wife Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Hope Spear and Hervin Romney. Arquitectonica became famous for his style, whose signature is considered “dramatic”, expressive “high tech” and modernistic.
Duany and Plater-Zyberk founded Duany Plater Zyberk & Company (DPZ) in 1980 , whose headquarters are also in Miami, Florida. DPZ became the leader of the American New Urbanism Movement .
Duany is a co-founder and board member emeritus of the Congress for the New Urbanism , which was founded in 1993. He is also co-author of the books: "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" and "The New Civic Art."
Duany coined the term transect in urban planning.
Web links
- Robert Steuteville: Transect applied to regional plans. In: New Urban News. 2000.
- Andrés Duany. In: arch INFORM .
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SURNAME | Duany, Andrés |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American architect and city planner |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 7, 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |