Duany and Plater-Zyberk to receive 2008 Driehaus Prize
TransectInfluential architects have revitalized communities with their design ideals
Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the husband and wife team who lead the Miami firm Duany Plater-Zyberk (DPZ), have been named the recipients of the sixth annual Richard H. Driehaus Prize. They will receive $200,000 and a model of the Choregic Monument of Lysikrates during ceremonies March 29 in Chicago. The 2008 Driehaus Prize award presentation is free and open to the public.
Two of the most influential and controversial architects and town planners in the country, Duany and Plater-Zyberk have been at the forefront of the effort to revive the principles of traditional neighborhood design. Plater-Zyberk, also the Dean of Miami School of Architecture, describes their work as using successful and sustainable design ideals to address the challenges of modern life. They view traditional town planning as a panacea for social ills ranging from traffic congestion and other environmental threats to the disenfranchisement of the poor and the elderly.
In addition to their architectural and academic work, Duany and Plater-Zyberk are best known for designing cities — street grids, town centers, parks — and for writing architectural and building codes that help revitalize communities. DPZ has completed designs for nearly 300 new towns, regional plans and revitalization projects, including neighborhoods in Naples, Fla., Baton Rouge, La. and Providence, R.I. Plater-Zyberk also leads Miami 21, a project to overhaul city zoning intended to discourage exposed parking garages, create wider sidewalks and build homes where people can live above their businesses.
Duany and Plater-Zyberk have received numerous design awards, including the Brandeis Award for Architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Medal of Architecture from the University of Virginia, the Vincent J. Scully Prize for exemplary practice and scholarship in architecture and urban design from the National Building Museum, and the Seaside Prize for contributions to community planning and design from The Seaside Institute. Among their many honorary degrees, Plater-Zyberk received an honorary doctorate in architecture from the University of Notre Dame. Duany and Plater-Zyberk met as undergraduates at Princeton and both received master’s degrees from the Yale School of Architecture.
In addition to their architectural and academic work, Duany and Plater-Zyberk are best known for designing cities — street grids, town centers, parks — and for writing architectural and building codes that help revitalize communities. DPZ has completed designs for nearly 300 new towns, regional plans and revitalization projects, including neighborhoods in Naples, Fla., Baton Rouge, La. and Providence, R.I. Plater-Zyberk also leads Miami 21, a project to overhaul city zoning intended to discourage exposed parking garages, create wider sidewalks and build homes where people can live above their businesses.
Duany and Plater-Zyberk have received numerous design awards, including the Brandeis Award for Architecture, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Medal of Architecture from the University of Virginia, the Vincent J. Scully Prize for exemplary practice and scholarship in architecture and urban design from the National Building Museum, and the Seaside Prize for contributions to community planning and design from The Seaside Institute. Among their many honorary degrees, Plater-Zyberk received an honorary doctorate in architecture from the University of Notre Dame. Duany and Plater-Zyberk met as undergraduates at Princeton and both received master’s degrees from the Yale School of Architecture.
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1 comentário:
Excelente a qualidade dos premiados.
Para quando um arquitecto português premiado?
O valor é bem superior ao Pritzker dominado por intelectuais marxistas fora de prazo, que se atribuem premios entre eles.
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