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Duany was born in New York City but grew up in Cuba until 1960. He received his undergraduate degree in architecture and urban planning from Princeton University, and after a year of study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, he received a master's degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Architecture (in Greek αρχή = first and τέχνη = craftsmanship) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ... Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. ... École des Beaux Arts refers to several art schools in France. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... This article is about the institution of higher learning in the United States. ...

In 1977, Duany was co-founder of the Miami firm Arquitectonica, with his wife, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Bernardo Fort-Brescia, Laurinda Hope Spear, and Hervin Romney. Arquitectonica became famous for its signature style, a dramatic, expressive 'high tech' modernism. The firm's Atlantis Condominium was featured prominently in the opening credits of "Miami Vice." For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article is about the city in Florida. ... Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk was born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania on December 10, 1950. ... This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. For the Modernist crisis in Catholicism, see Modernism (Roman Catholicism); see also Modernist Christianity; see Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... Miami Vice was a popular, innovative television series (five seasons on NBC from 1984-1989) starring Don Johnson (James Sonny Crockett) and Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Rico Tubbs) as two Miami police detectives working undercover. ...

Duany and Plater-Zyberk founded Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) in 1980, headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida. DPZ became a leader in the national movement called the New Urbanism, which seeks to end suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. The firm first received international recognition in the 1980s as the designer of Seaside, Florida, and has completed designs and codes for over two hundred new towns, regional plans, and community revitalization projects. At DPZ, Duany also led the development of comprehensive municipal zoning ordinances that prescribe appropriate urban arrangement for all uses and all densities. In the mid 1990s, Duany helped design the first New Urbanist project in Colorado, called Prospect New Town. Duany Plater Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is an architecture and town planning firm founded in 1980 by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. ... Coral Gables is a city located in Miami-Dade County, Florida, southwest of Miami. ... Overview New Urbanism is an urban design movement that became very popular beginning in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Urban sprawl (also called suburban sprawl and Los Angelization) describes the growth of a metropolitan area, particularly the suburbs, over a large area. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Seaside, Florida is an unincorporated master-planned community on the Florida panhandle roughly midway between Fort Walton Beach, Florida and Panama City, Florida. ... In general, zoning is the division of an area into sub-areas, called zones. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM... This is the article on the state. ...

Duany is a co-founder and board member of the Congress for the New Urbanism, established in 1993. He has co-authored two books: "Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream" and "The New Civic Art." Duany has worked as visiting professor at many institutions and holds two honorary doctorates. 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003) Events Media:January January 1 - Czechoslovakia divides. ...

Further Reading

• Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Jeff Speck (2000). Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. New York: North Point Press. ISBN 0865476063
• Duany, Andrés, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Robert Alminana (2003). The New Civic Art: Elements of Town Planning. New York: Rizzoli International Publications. ISBN 0847821862

External Links

• Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (http://www.dpz.com)
• Congress for the New Urbanism (http://www.cnu.org)