Andres Duany

Urban Designer's Personal Information

Andrés Duany is an architect, urban designer, planner, and author, has dedicated more than
three decades to pioneering a vision for sustainable urban development and its
implementation.
Professional Experience
In 1977, Duany co-founded the Miami firm Arquitectonica with his wife, Elizabeth Plater-
Zyberk, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Spear, and Hervin Romney. In 1980, Duany and
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk founded Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ), an architecture firm
based in Miami, Florida.[1] DPZ participated in the formation of the international urban
planning movement known as New Urbanism, intended to offer an alternative to suburban
sprawl and urban disinvestment. Duany is also considered to be a representative of 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.
Academic Experience
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).
Remarkable Projects related to Urban Design
 1. Seaside, Florida
Seaside is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida Panhandle in
Walton County, between Panama City Beach and Destin. One of the first communities in
America designed on the principles of New Urbanism.

2. Kentlands, Gaithersburg, Maryland

Kentlands was one of the first attempts to develop a community using Traditional
Neighborhood Design planning techniques (also known as 'neo-traditional new town
planning') that are now generally referred to under the rubric of the New Urbanism.

Other Contributions in Urban Design

Books co-authored by Andres Duany

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

Felino A. Palafox
Urban Designer's Personal Information
Felino A. Palafox, Jr. is a Filipino architect, urban planner. He is the Principal Architect-Urban
Planner and Founder of Palafox Associates.
Professional Experience
In 1977 he started working as Senior Architect and Planner for the government of Dubai.[6]
During also that time, he met Henry Sy who later became one of his clients. Sy encouraged him
to return to the country. Palafox worked for the Dubai municipality until 1981.
Palafox has lectured in more than 20 countries across the globe, including institutions like the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University. He has traveled to and observed
more than 1,000 cities in 79 countries.
He is a recipient of several local and international awards. In 2019, he was recognized as the
Most Outstanding Professional in the Field of Environmental Planning by the Professional
Regulation Commission. In November 2017, he was awarded by the JCI Senate as one of the
three Top Outstanding Filipinos for the field of Architecture. Forbes Asia Magazine has cited
him as one of the 48 Heroes of Philanthropy in Asia.
Palafox is the first Filipino architectural firm included in the Top 500 Architectural Firms in the
World of the London-based World Architecture Magazine in 1999 and the only Southeast Asian
architectural firm included in the top 100 largest practices and the Top 8 Leisure Projects in the
world in 2012.
Academic Experience
Palafox received a classical secondary education from Christ the King seminary when he was 13.
He obtained his bachelor's degree in Architecture from University of Santo Tomas in 1972 and
two years later, in 1974, he obtained his master's degree in Environmental Planning at the UP
Diliman through a scholarship grant by United Nations Development Program (UNDP).
In 2003, he graduated in Advanced Management Development Program for Real Estate at the
Harvard University.
Remarkable Projects related to Urban Design
1. Rockwell Center master plan
This urban regeneration project is the pioneer in mixed-use developments in the
Philippines. It is located within a city where the highest levels and most progressive
visions of urban life have been achieved. The master plan for Rockwell Center
strategically links residential, commercial, institutional, recreational, leisure, office, and
religious spaces to minimize the need for transportation. A safe and convenient
pedestrian and vehicular circulation system establishes connectivity and walkability.
Ebenezer Howard
Urban Designer's Personal Information
Sir Ebenezer Howard was the founder of the garden city movement. He is known for his
publication “To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform” (1898), the description of a utopian
city in which people live harmoniously together with nature.
Professional Experience
At the age of 15, he began working as a stenographer in London. In 1871, Howard emigrated
with two friends to America. He went to Nebraska, and after his farming efforts failed,
discovered he did not wish to be a farmer. He then relocated to Chicago and worked as a
reporter for the courts and newspapers. By 1876 he was back in England, where he found a job
with Hansard company, which produces the official verbatim record of Parliament, and he
spent the rest of his life in this occupation. Howard's time in parliament exposed him to ideas
about social reform, and helped inspire his ideas for the Garden City. In 1899 he founded the
Garden Cities Association, known now as the Town and Country Planning Association. In 1913
Howard founded the 'Garden Cities and Town Planning Association' – presently the
International Federation for Housing and Planning.
Academic Experience
He was sent to schools in Suffolk and Hertfordshire, which he left at 15 and began working as a
stenographer in London.
Remarkable Projects related to Urban Design
1. Letchworth Garden City
Letchworth was developed and owned by a company called First Garden City, Ltd. which
was formed in 1903, based on the ideas of Howard. Howard constructed Letchworth as
 an example of how the Garden City could be achieved, and hoped that in its success
many other towns would be built emulating the same ideals.

2. Welwyn Garden City

Welwyn Garden City was an area of woodlands and open fields before the garden city
was constructed. Welwyn Garden City was Howard's second Garden City after
Letchworth. Welwyn Garden City is only 20 miles (32 km) from London, and captured
the charm of the countryside and managed to stay unspoiled by urbanization. It could
be argued that Welwyn Garden City fell short of Howard's ideals, Howard wanted
investors to invest for the sake of philanthropy, but investors wanted returns and local
democracy failed with an exclusive government group formed.

Other Contributions in Urban Design

1. Garden Cities of Tomorrow
The only publication he wrote was To-Morrow: A Peaceful Path to Real Reform, which
was significantly revised in 1902 as Garden Cities of To-morrow. This book offered a
vision of towns free of slums and enjoying the benefits of both town (such as
opportunity, amusement and good wages) and country (such as beauty, fresh air and
low rents). He illustrated the idea with his famous Three Magnets diagram, which
addressed the question 'Where will the people go?', the choices being 'Town', 'Country'
or 'Town-Country'.
References
Andres Duany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s_Duany
https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/author/andres-duany
Felino A. Palafox
https://www.ctbuh.org/people-profile/felino-palafox
https://www.palafoxassociates.com/about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felino_Palafox
https://www.palafoxassociates.com/projects/rockwell-center
Ebenezer Howard
https://architectuul.com/architect/ebenezer-howard
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebenezer_Howard#Letchworth_Garden_City
https://architectuul.com/architecture/letchworth-garden-city