Historian Roger G. Kennedy Honored With Accompanying Henry Hope Reed Award

Together the Prizes are the Most Significant Recognition for Classicism in

the Contemporary Built Environment

    NOTRE DAME, Ind., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- The University of Notre Dame
 today announced that Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, the founders
 of renowned architectural and urban planning firm Duany Plater-Zyberk &
 Company (DPZ) and long time faculty of the University of Miami, have been
 named the 2008 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureates. The Driehaus Prize is
 awarded annually to an outstanding architect or firm whose work applies the
 principles of classicism, including sensitivity to the historic continuum,
 the fostering of community, and the impact to the built and natural
 environment in contemporary contexts.
 
     Duany and Plater-Zyberk, who is the Dean of the School of Architecture
 at the University of Miami, are being honored with the award for both their
 architecture and urban planning. Duany and Plater-Zyberk are widely
 recognized as leaders of New Urbanism, a movement that seeks to end
 suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. The movement marked a turning
 point from the segregated planning and architecture of post-war America;
 instead, it advocates and promotes the universal and time-tested principles
 of traditional planning. With their firm and leading numerous new urbanist
 collaborators, Duany and Plater-Zyberk have completed designs for almost
 300 new towns, regional plans, and community revitalization projects. This
 work and a continuous agenda of lecturing and publication have exerted a
 significant influence on the practice and direction of urban planning and
 development worldwide. DPZ was also instrumental in the creation of the
 Traditional Neighborhood Development Ordinance (TND), a prescription for
 pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use, compact urban growth, which has been
 incorporated into the zoning codes of municipalities across the country.
 
     In addition, the University announced that Roger G. Kennedy, Director
 Emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, and former
 Director of the National Park Service, is being honored with the 2008 Henry
 Hope Reed Award. The Henry Hope Reed Award is given to an influential
 supporter of the classical architecture movement who is not an architect by
 trade. Roger Kennedy's impressive body of work -- as a historian,
 journalist, teacher and public servant, includes a prescient awareness of
 and vocal advocacy for the importance of sound environmental practices and
 sustainability.
 
     Richard H. Driehaus, Founder and Chairman of Driehaus Capital
 Management, commented: "The Richard H. Driehaus Prize was created to
 celebrate classicism in the contemporary world. As champions of the New
 Urbanism movement, Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk have promoted
 the value system that defines classical architecture. Their body of work
 emphasizes community and context which are the underpinnings of classical
 design. These values are also reflected in the extraordinary Henry Hope
 Reed Award winner, Roger Kennedy, whose work as an advocate and historian
 has inspired and influenced so many."
 
     Andres Duany, founding principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company,
 said: "I am extremely proud to receive the Richard H. Driehaus Prize. This
 recognition shows the impact and affect of the New Urbanist movement, which
 continues to enhance the quality and functionality of communities
 worldwide."
 
     Elizabeth Plater Zyberk, founding principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk &
 Company and Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Miami,
 remarked: "I am pleased to have the work of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
 recognized for its application of classical principles, and for its
 commitment to quality architecture, good planning and design. These guiding
 principles continue to resonate with today's architectural students and
 will influence design and architecture for years to come."
 
     Roger Kennedy, commented: "It is with great honor that I accept the
 Henry Hope Reed Award. Preservation, sustainability, conservation and
 tradition have been at the center of the work I have undertaken as a writer
 of history, museum manager, and as leader of a public agency devoted to
 continuity, conservation, and community -- over time. It is a very good
 thing in American life that a pair of prizes has been established to
 acknowledge and encourage the recognition of the classical ideals of
 constancy and continuity."
 
     Michael Lykoudis, Dean of the University of Notre Dame School of
 Architecture, said: "With each passing year, the Richard H. Driehaus Prize
 and the Henry Hope Reed Award laureates continue to further an important
 architectural dialogue. They show the relevance and significance of
 classical notions in a modern architectural vernacular. They show that
 classicism is about being inclusive, not exclusive. It's about being
 universal, while respecting local cultures and creating solid foundations
 that take into account form and function. On behalf of the University of
 Notre Dame, I'd like to congratulate Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater Zyberk
 and Roger Kennedy for exemplary careers and these prizes."
 
     This year, the annual Driehaus Prize was doubled to a $200,000
 unrestricted cash prize and the Henry Hope Reed Award was doubled to a
 $50,000 unrestricted cash prize. Together the two prizes represent the most
 significant recognition for classicism in the contemporary built
 environment. Recipients were selected by a jury comprised of Richard H.
 Driehaus (Founder and Chairman of Driehaus Capital Management), Michael
 Lykoudis (Dean of the University of Notre Dame School of Architecture),
 Elizabeth Dowling (Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology College of
 Architecture), Paul Goldberger (Architecture Critic for "The New Yorker")
 David M. Schwarz (Principal of David M. Schwarz / Architectural Services,
 Inc), and Adele Chatfield-Taylor (President of the American Academy in
 Rome).
 
     About The Richard H. Driehaus Prize
 
     Established in 2003, the Richard H. Driehaus Prize honors, promotes and
 encourages architectural excellence that applies the principles of
 traditional, classical and sustainable architecture and urbanism in
 contemporary society and environments. It is presented annually by the
 University of Notre Dame School of Architecture to an outstanding architect
 in recognition of their work. In conjunction with the Driehaus Prize, the
 annual Henry Hope Reed Award is given to recognize the contributions of
 supporters of classical architecture operating beyond the drafting tables
 and outside the practice of architecture. Past Driehaus Prize Recipients
 include: Jaquelin T. Robertson (2007), Allan Greenberg (2006), Quinlan
 Terry (2005), Demetri Porphyrios (2004) and Leon Krier (2003). Henry Hope
 Reed Recipients include: Edward Perry Bass (2007), David Morton (2006), and
 Henry Hope Reed (2005).
 
     About Andres Duany
 
     Andres Duany is a founding principal at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
 (DPZ). The firm's method of integrating planning with accompanying design
 codes is being applied in towns and cities for sites ranging from ten to
 over 500,000 acres throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Andres Duany
 has delivered hundreds of lectures and seminars, addressing architects,
 planning groups, university students, and the general public. His recent
 publications include The New Civic Art and Suburban Nation: The Rise of
 Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream. He was a founder of the
 Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and is a Director of the Board
 Emeritus. Established in 1993 with the mission of reforming urban growth
 patterns, the Congress has been characterized by The New York Times as "the
 most important collective architectural movement in the United States in
 the past fifty years." Andres received his undergraduate degree in
 architecture and urban planning from Princeton University, and after a year
 of study at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, he received a master's
 degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. He has been
 awarded several honorary doctorates, 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.
 
     About Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
 
     Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, a founding principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk &
 Company, is dean of the University of Miami's School of Architecture, where
 she has taught since 1979. Having initiated the graduate program in Suburb
 and Town Design in 1988, she continues to explore current issues in city
 growth and reconstruction with students and faculty. She has served as
 Director of the Center for Urban Community and Design, organizing and
 promoting numerous design exercises for the benefit of communities
 throughout South Florida. Elizabeth is a founder and emeritus board member
 of the Congress for the New Urbanism. She has co-authored two books:
 Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream
 and The New Civic Art. Elizabeth received her undergraduate degree in
 architecture and urban planning from Princeton University and her master's
 degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture. She has
 received several honorary doctorates including an honorary doctorate in
 Architecture from the University of Notre Dame. She has also received 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. She lectures
 frequently and has been a visiting professor at a number of schools of
 architecture in North America. She has been a resident at the American
 Academy in Rome and for fourteen years served as a member of the Board of
 Trustees of Princeton University. She is a board member of the Institute of
 Classical Architecture & Classical America.
 
     About Roger Kennedy
 
     During his distinguished career, Roger Kennedy has served as editor,
 historian, journalist, banker and public servant, having served on boards,
 commissions, and tasks for six presidents before becoming Director of the
 National Park Service from 1993-1997. He is the author of twelve books on
 American history, architectural history, and public affairs, including
 Greek Revival America and Orders from France, and in 2007, Wildfire and
 Americans. He is editor and co-editor of many others, including several on
 architecture and urban planning, such as the 2007 title Living on the Edge:
 Economic, Institutional and Management Perspectives on Wildfire Hazard in
 the Wildland Urban Interface (co-editor with Austin Troy). Mr. Kennedy was
 General Editor and wrote the prefaces for each of the 12 volumes of The
 Smithsonian Guide to Historic America. At NBC, Mr. Kennedy covered the
 White House and the Supreme Court, and was a correspondent for "Monitor,"
 "The Today Show" and other news programs. In the 1970s he wrote and
 presented half-hour documentaries for regional PBS, and in the 1980s was
 presenter and writer of two series for Discovery Channel: "Roger Kennedy's
 Rediscovering America" and "The Smithsonian Presents Invention." Roger
 Kennedy earned his BA from Yale University and his law degree from the
 University of Minnesota Law School. He is an Honorary Member of the
 American Institute of Architects (AIA), has won the Silver Medal of the NY
 Film Critics, a variety of scholarly prizes, and many honorary degrees.
 Forthcoming in 2008: When Art Worked: the Art of the New Deal Period and
 Greek Revival America (new edition).
 
 
 

SOURCE University of Notre Dame School of Architecture