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

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, and a founder of the

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Early life and education

Duany was born in New York City but grew up in Cuba until 1960. He attended

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and Aiglon College and received his undergraduate degree in architecture and urban planning from

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(1971). After a year of study at the

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in Paris, he received a master's degree from the Yale School of Architecture (1974). He has also received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Yale School of Architecture (2023).

Career

In 1977, Duany co-founded the Miami firm

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with his wife,

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, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Spear, and Hervin Romney. Arquitectonica was known for its playful, Latin-American influenced

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. The firm's

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was featured in the opening credits of the television series ''

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''. In 1980, Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk founded Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ), an architecture firm based in Miami. DPZ participated in the formation of the international urban planning movement known as

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, intended to offer an alternative to

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and urban disinvestment. The firm first received recognition as the designer of new towns such as

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and Kentlands, Maryland. The firm has since completed designs and codes for over three hundred new towns, regional plans, and inner-city revitalization projects. Duany is also considered to be a representative of

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

(CNU), established in 1993. 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

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and an adjunct professor at the

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Awards

Duany and his partner,

, have been awarded several honorary doctorates and awards including the Vincent Scully Prize by the

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in recognition of their contributions to the American built environment. Duany has been awarded the Brandeis Award for Architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Architecture, the Arthur Ross Award in Community Planning, the Richard H. 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

Jeff Speck Jeff Speck is an American city planner, writer, and lecturer who is the principal at the urban design and consultancy firm, Speck Dempsey. He has authored or co-authored several books on urban planning, including his 2012 book, ''Walkable City ...

(2000). ''Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream''. New York: North Point Press. * Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Robert Alminana (2003). ''The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning''. New York: Rizzoli International Publications. * Duany, Andrés and Jeff Speck, with Mike Lydon (2009). ''The Smart Growth Manual''. New York: McGraw-Hill. * Duany, Andrés and DPZ (2011). ''Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism'', The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment

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