Duany Plater Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is an architecture and town planning firm founded in 1980 by Andrés Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk. It is one of the dominant firms specializing in new urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries, having completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities. A significant aspect of DPZ's work is the urban and architectural codes that accompany each design.
Areas of practice include regional and downtown plans, new towns, urban infill, villages and resort villages, transit-oriented development, suburban retrofits, campuses, housing, affordable housing and civic buildings. The firm is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida, and has branches in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Huntersville, North Carolina.
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Duany Plater Zyberk & Company (http://www.dpz.com/)
DPZ and Hendrix will host a series of public meetings on campus called and#8220;charrettesand#8221; to create a forum that encourages open and meaningful dialogue in the form of intensive planning sessions.
DPZ and Hendrix will host a series of public meetings on campus called “charrettes” to create a forum that encourages open and meaningful dialogue in the form of intensive planning sessions.
DPZ’s early project of the town of Seaside, Fla., was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the U.S. in the past 50 years.
It is one of the dominant firms specializing in new urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries, having completed designs for over 250 new and existing communities.
A significant aspect of DPZ's work is the urban and architectural codes that accompany each design.