Wednesday, August 10, 2011

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DUANY PLATER-ZYBERK AND COMPANY (DPZ)

Andres Duany is a smug SOB.

Arrogant too.

But when you give birth to a movement, we suppose you're allowed to let your ego get in the way of things.

Duany's also a rock star when it comes to entertaining audiences -- both experts and lay persons -- with anecdotes and a comic sense of timing that turns potentially bland planning into a life process seemingly as essential as breathing.

Lizz Plater-Zyberk is the more softly spoken of the pair.

But she's brilliant and somehow manages to lead the University of Miami's School of Architecture as dean for nearly a decade, while also continuing to develop the New Urbanism.

Together, the pair created Miami 21 -- the form based code adopted by our folkloric hometown.

http://www.dpz.com/

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