Alejandro Duany

Biography

Alejandro Douglas Duany has worked on many pivotal architectural and urban projects that have put him at the forefront of his field. He received his Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1990. Previous to that, he had designed and executed private landscapes as well as development of the public spaces and landscapes of Seaside, Florida.

Duany has been involved in urban design projects in over 10 countries and 35 states while maintaining an intermittent landscape practice. He has taught as a visiting professor of architecture at the University of Miami and the University of Florida. Douglas has been actively engaged with theoretical issues through the internal platforms provided by the Congress for the New Urbanism, earning the distinction of being awarded the first Chair of Urban Ecology by the Princes’ Foundation for the Built Environment in London.