This summer DPZ has been reminded of something that we often tell our downtown clients: drafting a code or implementing a master plan has to be viewed through the lens of time. So here’s to all those clients, as well as their supporters and collaborators, who stay the course in seeing long-range urban visions come to life. We would like to share more about these and other highlights from the past few months [...]

This year’s CNU marked a rewarding homecoming of sorts for DPZ. For the second time, the City of Providence, RI, hosted the annual new urbanist conference. The promise of DPZ’s Downcity Providence 1991 and 2003 master plans were starting to yield tangible results back in 2006 at CNU14 [...]

2025 has been off to a productive and exciting start with a full calendar of new projects, charrettes, and special events that have set the tone for the rest of the year. While many of the projects have leaned private in nature, there has been a broad reach across both the country and project types [...]

This January, DPZ returned to The Villages of Loreto Bay (Loreto Bay) in response to an RFP to update the community’s design code. It’s always a rewarding experience to reconnect with past clients and help further shape a community as it grows [...]

The time has come to bid farewell to a fast-paced and action-packed 2024. It is important to take a moment to reflect on all we have experienced, learned, and shared as we look ahead to 2025 [...]

Settling into the 2024 holiday season we are very much aware of our friends in the South who are still in response mode to this year’s hurricanes. We are grateful that friends and communities in which DPZ has worked in the region survived the storms safely [...]

Camille Annette Cortes, one of DPZ’s young designers, and DPZ Partner Matt Lambert established PLACE Initiative to focus on solutions intersecting urbanism, climate, and equity — making urbanism and social justice top-level climate priorities [...]

DPZ's busy 2024 calendar continued throughout the late spring and into the summer with public and private sector projects. CNU32 in mid-May drew over 1,000 New Urbanists to host city Cincinnati, OH [...]

This past May, a team led by DPZ and Walton County held a community engagement charrette that welcomed opinions and insight from local community members to provide an evaluation and appraisal update to the comprehensive plan, and propose a physical vision [...]

Over two decades since DPZ first designed what would become Friday Harbour Resort at Big Bay Point, Innisfil, the master plan and adopted SmartCode continue to guide development [...]