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==History==
==History==
Urban Design Associates (UDA) was founded in 1964 by David Lewis, FAIA and Raymond Gindroz, FAIA as one of the earliest architecture firms to concentrate on the design of neighborhoods and cities.<ref>[http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/popstarlewis1113.aspx Pop Star David Lewes], Pop City Media, 2009</ref> Lewis and Gindroz pioneered methods for engaging citizens in the design of community centers, schools and neighborhoods.<ref>Space & Society, International Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 22, MIT Press</ref> The firm has continued to refine and develop its public planning process and authored “The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods,” a textbook published by W.W. Norton & Company that explains their approach to urban design.<ref>“The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods”, published by W.W. Norton & Company</ref> UDA has advanced urban design as an important branch of the architecture profession. David Lewis was influential in creating the Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT)<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/01/cincinnati-central-riverfront-plan.html Cincinnati central riverfront plan wins national award], by Lucie May, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 9, 2013</ref> service of the American Institute of Architects and organized “Remaking Cities”, a conference held in Pittsburgh in 1988 to address post industrial cities and attended by the Prince of Wales.<ref>[http://www.cmu.edu/rci/about-the-institute/david-lewis.html David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement], Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, January 25, 2010.</ref> Ray Gindroz was a founding member of the Congress of the New Urbanism and was influential in formulating policies and standards with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Congress for the New Urbanism for the design of mixed-income neighborhoods under the federal HOPE VI program.<ref>Housing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, and New Hope for Failed Housing, Preservation Magazine, March/April 1998</ref>
Urban Design Associates (UDA) was founded in 1964 by David Lewis, FAIA and Raymond Gindroz, FAIA as one of the earliest architecture firms to concentrate on the design of neighborhoods and cities.<ref>[http://www.popcitymedia.com/features/popstarlewis1113.aspx Pop Star David Lewes], Pop City Media, 2009</ref> Lewis and Gindroz pioneered methods for engaging citizens in the design of community centers, schools and neighborhoods.<ref>Space & Society, International Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 22, MIT Press</ref> The firm is known for refining and developing public planning process and authored “The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods,” a textbook published by W.W. Norton & Company.<ref>“The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods”, published by W.W. Norton & Company</ref> UDA has advanced urban design as an important branch of the architecture profession and co-founder David Lewis was influential in creating the Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT)<ref>[http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/01/cincinnati-central-riverfront-plan.html Cincinnati central riverfront plan wins national award], by Lucie May, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 9, 2013</ref> service of the American Institute of Architects and organized the “Remaking Cities” conference held in Pittsburgh in 1988 to address post industrial cities.<ref>[http://www.cmu.edu/rci/about-the-institute/david-lewis.html David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement], Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, January 25, 2010.</ref> UDA co-founder Ray Gindroz was also a founding member of the Congress of the New Urbanism and was influential in formulating policies and standards with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Congress for the New Urbanism for the design of mixed-income neighborhoods under the federal HOPE VI program.<ref>Housing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, and New Hope for Failed Housing, Preservation Magazine, March/April 1998</ref>


==Developments==
==Developments==

Revision as of 18:00, 1 May 2017

Urban Design Associates
Company typePrivate
IndustryReal estate development
Community development
Property investment
Urban planning
Urban design
Founded1964 (1964)
FoundersDavid Lewis, co-founder
Ray Ginroz, co-founder
HeadquartersPittsburgh, PA
Number of employees
296 (2016)[1]
Websitewww.urbandesignassociates.com

Urban Design Associates (UDA; formerly known as UDA Architects) is an international urban design and architecture firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

History

Urban Design Associates (UDA) was founded in 1964 by David Lewis, FAIA and Raymond Gindroz, FAIA as one of the earliest architecture firms to concentrate on the design of neighborhoods and cities.[2] Lewis and Gindroz pioneered methods for engaging citizens in the design of community centers, schools and neighborhoods.[3] The firm is known for refining and developing public planning process and authored “The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods,” a textbook published by W.W. Norton & Company.[4] UDA has advanced urban design as an important branch of the architecture profession and co-founder David Lewis was influential in creating the Regional Urban Design Assistance Team (R/UDAT)[5] service of the American Institute of Architects and organized the “Remaking Cities” conference held in Pittsburgh in 1988 to address post industrial cities.[6] UDA co-founder Ray Gindroz was also a founding member of the Congress of the New Urbanism and was influential in formulating policies and standards with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Congress for the New Urbanism for the design of mixed-income neighborhoods under the federal HOPE VI program.[7]

Developments

The Urban Design Associates portfolio includes:

Founders

  • David Lewis, FAIA, co-founder
  • Raymond L. Gindroz, FAIA, co-founder

Key employees

Board Members

  • Barry J. Long, Jr. AIA, LEED AP
  • Paul B. Ostergaard, FAIA, AoU
  • Eric R. Osth, AIA, LEED AP
  • Rob Robinson, AIA

Principals and Key Associates:

  • Gail A. Armstrong
  • David R. Csont, ASAI
  • Megan O’Hara, AICP, LEED AP BD+C
  • Steve Auterman, AIA, AICP, LEED AP
  • Donald K. Carter, FAIA, FAICP, LEED AP, emeritus

Awards and recognitions

American Institute of Architects[24]

  • 1988, Edward C. Kemper Award, David Lewis
  • 2014, Honor Award, Regional and Urban Design, East Baltimore Comprehensive Redevelopment Plan, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2000, Honor Award, Regional and Urban Design, Park DuValle, Louisville, Kentucky
  • 1999, Honor Award, Regional and Urban Design, Diggs Town Public Housing, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Citation For Excellence, Urban Design, Patching and Stitching in Urban Neighborhoods: Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Richmond

Congress for the New Urbanism[25]

  • 2003, Charter Award, East Baltimore Comprehensive Redevelopment Plan, Baltimore, Maryland
  • 2004, Charter Award, The Campus Plan for the University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California
  • 2005, Charter Award, A Pattern Book for Norfolk Neighborhoods, Norfolk, Virginia
  • 2006 Athena Award, David Lewis
  • 2007, Charter Award, Louisiana Speaks: Pattern Book, State of Louisiana
  • 2007, Charter Award, Cooper’s Crossing Pattern Book, Camden, New Jersey
  • 2008, Charter Award, A Pattern Book for Neighborly Houses/Habitat for Humanity
  • 2012, Charter Award, Honorable Mention, Neighborhoods of the Lower Mill Creek Valley, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 2012, Charter Award, New Faubourg Lafitte, New Orleans, Louisiana

Presidential Design Award

  • 1995, Federal Design Achievement Award, The Re-design of Diggs Town (Public Housing), Norfolk, Virginia[26]

Urban Land Institute[27]

  • 2004, Award of Excellence, Fall Creek Place, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2004, Award of Excellence, First Ward Place/ The Garden District, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 2004, Award of Excellence, WaterColor, Seagrove Beach, Florida
  • Finalist, Global Award for Excellence, Storrs Town Center, Connecticut

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)[28]

  • 2011, Donald Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning Award, Coliseum District Master Plan: Peninsula Town Center Project, Hampton, VA
  • 2013, National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation, Cincinnati Central Riverfront, Master Plan, Cincinnati, OH

City of Moscow

  • 2012, First Prize, Federal District Concept Plan, International Competition for the Moscow Agglomeration Plan[29]

Toronto Architecture & Urban Design

  • 2005, Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, West Don Lands Precinct Plan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[30]

See also

References

  1. ^ UDA, Design Intelligence
  2. ^ Pop Star David Lewes, Pop City Media, 2009
  3. ^ Space & Society, International Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 22, MIT Press
  4. ^ “The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods”, published by W.W. Norton & Company
  5. ^ Cincinnati central riverfront plan wins national award, by Lucie May, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 9, 2013
  6. ^ David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, January 25, 2010.
  7. ^ Housing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, and New Hope for Failed Housing, Preservation Magazine, March/April 1998
  8. ^ Transit-Oriented Development by Urban Design Associates, New Transit Development, November 8, 2010
  9. ^ City hosts open house to present future concept for the transit oriented development of Anderson Station, Press Release, City of Calgary, May 15, 2014.
  10. ^ 9) Builder Magazine, July 2000
  11. ^ AIA Committee on Design 1999, V.12
  12. ^ Great Planned Communities, The Urban Land Institute, 2002
  13. ^ Traditional Building Magazine, Reclaiming the Waterfront, October 2010
  14. ^ Progressive Architecture PA, June 1992, Neighborhoods by Design
  15. ^ Currie Barracks, Alberta Professional Planners Institute, 2016
  16. ^ Housing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1998, Restoring Community through Traditional Neighborhood Design: A Case Study of Diggs Town Public Housing
  17. ^ Norfolk, An Urban Miracle, Virginia Living, February 2016
  18. ^ Planning for the future, Traditional Building Magazine, October 2010
  19. ^ Moscow City Agglomeration Development, by Adrian Welch, e-Architect, March 6, 2014
  20. ^ Progressive Architecture | PA, June 1992, Neighborhoods by Design
  21. ^ Oceanfront Resort District Forms Base Code, City of Virginia Beach, July 10, 2012
  22. ^ Landscape Architecture, 12/2003, Walk on the Wildside (WaterColor Pattern Book)
  23. ^ Satellite Town Aims to Maximize Comfort for Value, St. Petersburg Times, August 8, 2012
  24. ^ AIA Awards List
  25. ^ [https://www.cnu.org/what-we-do/charter-awards CNU Awards Lists
  26. ^ Presdiential Design Awards 1995.
  27. ^ ULI Awards List
  28. ^ APA Awards List
  29. ^ Winners of Moscow masterplan announced, World Architecture News, September 6, 2012
  30. ^ Winners of the City of Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Awards 2005, Canadian Architect, May 18, 2005.