The Architects
Since its founding in 1980, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) has completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities in the United States and abroad. DPZ’s projects have received numerous awards, including two National AIA Awards and two Governor’s Urban Design Awards for Excellence. The firm has been featured in national media, such as NBC News and ABC News, as well as Newsweek, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker. DPZ has been involved in numerous post-Katrina planning efforts on the Gulf Coast, including the Mississippi Renewal Forum, the Louisiana Speaks Charrette Series, and the Unified New Orleans Plan.
The firm is led by its Principals, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, who are co-founders of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU), recognized by the New York Times as “the most important collective architectural movement in the United States in the past fifty years.” A significant aspect of DPZ’s work is its innovative use of planning regulations, which 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.