Virginia Tech is offering the nation’s first

Virginia Tech is offering the nation’s first program leading to certification in form-based codes. An introductory workshop Nov. 3-5 at Virginia Tech’s Alexandria Center, in Old Town Alexandria, will draw its faculty from among the following: Paul Crawford, Andres Duany, Victor Dover, Geoffrey Ferrell, Peter Katz, Joseph Kohl, Mary Madden, Steve Mouzon, Dan Parolek, Karen Parolek, Stefanos Polyzoides, Sam Poole, Steve Price, Robert Sitkowski, Dan Slone, and Bill Spikowski. The workshop is being given by Virginia Tech’s Academy for the New Urbanism (a program of the university’s Planning Academy) in partnership with the Form-Based Codes Institute. The Institute, established by Peter Katz, Carol Wyant, and others, is a nonprofit corporation engaged in research, standards setting, outreach and education for form-based codes. Two courses will follow up on the workshop — one on design-related aspects of coding and the other on administrative and legal issues. They will prepare professionals for the Institute’s Certificate in Form-Based Codes. The fee for the introductory workshop is $745.