• Hampstead

    DPZ CoDESIGN has been at the forefront of New Urbanism since its beginning, and in 2003 the firm (then called Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company) led the creation of the SmartCode. The SmartCode is a form-based land-use code founded on the rural-to-urban Transect and set up to enable the development...Read more
  • Transit Oriented Development Revitalization Wyandanch apartments

    Wyandanch Rising

    Transforming a Distressed Long Island Community
    The center of Wyandanch, New York is a sea of parking fronting a fading commercial strip in the middle of an economically distressed community. That scene is about to change. This area will soon be Long Island’s first major transit-oriented neighborhood— opening in 2015. Already, 177 housing units...Read more
  • Pearl Brewery Redevelopment San Antonio street party

    Pearl Brewery redevelopment

    An Industrial Shell Becomes a Powerhouse
    At the turn of the millennium, the 26- acre Pearl Brewery in San Antonio was abandoned and desolate—a collection of empty buildings and pavement with only five trees. Now, thanks to an ambitious Redevelopment Master Plan, the site is an economic and social powerhouse, drawing an average of more...Read more
  • Future for the Past Tehran aerial

    A Future for the Past

    Strengthening community, reinterpreting history
    A Future for the Past offers a bold, compassionate vision for revitalizing a dilapidated, low-income 13.5-acre site in the historic inner city of Tehran through public spaces and building types. The goal is to strengthen social capital and generate economic activity through urban strategies and...Read more