Urban Design Associates (UDA; formerly known as UDA Architects) is an international urban design and architecture firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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. Lewis and Gindroz pioneered methods for engaging citizens in the design of community centers, schools, and neighborhoods.Space & Society, International Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 22, MIT Press
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.The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods, published by W.W. Norton & Company 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) service of the American Institute of Architects,Cincinnati central riverfront plan wins national award, by Lucie May, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 9, 2013 and organized the "Remaking Cities" conference that was held in Pittsburgh in 1988 to address post-industrial cities.David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement, Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, January 25, 2010. UDA co-founder Ray Gindroz was also a founding member of the Congress for 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.Housing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, and "New Hope for Failed Housing", Preservation Magazine, March/April 1998 UDA has been recognized for resurrecting the pattern book as a regulatory design tool for developers and municipalities as indicated in The Architectural Pattern Book, A Tool for Building Great Neighborhoods. UDA-authored pattern books include Celebration, Florida, and WaterColor, Florida, in the United States, and Ellon, Aberdeenshire, in Scotland.Sustainable Urban Development from UDA, by Lynne Lavelle, Traditional Building Magazine, updated 13 August 2019.Louisiana Speaks Pattern Book, City of St. Charles, July 2015
Developments The Urban Design Associates portfolio of work includes urban design, transit, and community development projects working with local and regional governmental authorities and private developers in North America, Europe, and Eurasia. Sample projects include:
Alexander Street Corridor Design Guidelines, Yonkers, New YorkTransit-Oriented Development by Urban Design Associates, New Transit Development, November 8, 2010 Anderson Station, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCity hosts open house to present future concept for the transit oriented development of Anderson Station, Press Release, City of Calgary, May 15, 2014. Baxter Village Pattern Book, Fort Mill, South CarolinaBuilder Magazine, 9), July 2000 Celebration Pattern Book, Celebration, FloridaAIA Committee on Design 1999, V.12Great Planned Communities, The Urban Land Institute, 2002 Cincinnati Central Riverfront, OhioTraditional Building Magazine, "Reclaiming the Waterfront", October 2010 Clarksburg Municipal Building, Clarksburg, West Virginia Crawford Square, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaProgressive Architecture PA, June 1992, "Neighborhoods by Design" Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta, CanadaCurrie Barracks, Alberta Professional Planners Institute, 2016 Daybreak, Utah: Master Planners, Pattern BookDAYBREAK MASTER PLAN GIVES NEW MEANING TO "TOD", by Bruce D. Snider, Builder Magazine, 29 September 2015Daybreak makes no small plans, by Robert Steuteville, CNU Public Square Journal, 7 August 2013 Dayton, Ohio (various parts of city) Diggs Town, Norfolk, VirginiaHousing Policy Debate, Volume 9, Issue 1, 1998, "Restoring Community through Traditional Neighborhood Design: A Case Study of Diggs Town Public Housing" Downtown Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk, An Urban Miracle, Virginia Living, February 2016 Ellon Pattern Book, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK"Planning for the Future", Traditional Building Magazine, October 2010 Federal District, Moscow, Russian FederationMoscow City Agglomeration Development, by Adrian Welch, e-Architect, March 6, 2014 Jacksonville Landing, Jacksonville, Florida Louisiana Speaks: Pattern Book & Tool Kit, Louisiana Region Middletown Arch, Norfolk, VirginiaProgressive Architecture | PA, June 1992, "Neighborhoods by Design" The New Faubourg Lafitte, New Orleans, Louisiana Park DuValle, Louisville, Kentucky Randolph Neighborhood, Richmond, Virginia Sewickley Heights Pattern Book, Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania Tampa Waterfront Vision Plan, Tampa, Florida Virginia Beach Form-Based Code, Virginia Beach, VirginiaOceanfront Resort District Forms Base Code, City of Virginia Beach, July 10, 2012 WaterColor Pattern Book, WaterColor, FloridaLandscape Architecture, 12/2003, "Walk on the Wildside (WaterColor Pattern Book)" West Don Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Yuzhny Master Plan, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation "Satellite Town Aims to Maximize Comfort for Value", St. Petersburg Times, August 8, 2012
Founders
David Lewis, FAIA, co-founder - Lewis is credited for inspiring the Remaking Cities Institute (RCI) at Carnegie Mellon University. In 2007 the Heinz Endowments issued an endowment in his name. Raymond L. Gindroz, FAIA, co-founder - The "Gindroz Prize" for Carnegie Mellon architecture and music students carries his name.Gindroz Prize, Carnegie Mellon University, 2017. Donald K. Carter, FAIA, FAICP, LEED AP, emeritus key principal Paul B. Ostergaard, FAIA AoU, emeritus key principal Rob Robinson, AIA, emeritus key principal
Key employees
Megan O'Hara, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, Managing principal, CEO Barry J. Long Jr., AIA, LEED AP, Managing principal,President Eric R. Osth, AIA, LEED AP, Chairman
Awards and recognitions
American Institute of Architects AIA Awards List 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 2019, AIA Presidential Citation for Exceptional Service, David Lewis, FAIA, Urban Design Associates Citation For Excellence, Urban Design, Patching and Stitching in Urban Neighborhoods: Pittsburgh, Norfolk, and Richmond
Congress for the New Urbanism CNU Awards Lists 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 Awards, Louisiana Speaks: Pattern Book, State of Louisiana 2007, Recognition, Cooper's Crossing Pattern Book, Camden, New Jersey 2008, Recognition, A Pattern Book for Neighborly Houses/Habitat for Humanity 2012, Recognition, Neighborhoods of the Lower Mill Creek Valley, Cincinnati, Ohio 2012, Charter Award, New Faubourg Lafitte, New Orleans, Louisiana 2016, Charter Award (Merit Award), Currie, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 2016, Charter Award (Merit Award) Orleans Landing, Detroit, Michigan
Institute for Classical Architecture and Arts 2019, Arthur Ross Award for Community Design & City Planning UDA Receives 2019 Arthur Ross Award for Community Design, Civic Design, and City Planning, Society of Architecture Carnegie Mellon, 20 May 2019.
Presidential Design Award 1995, Federal Design Achievement Award, The Re-design of Diggs Town (Public Housing), Norfolk, Virginia Presidential Design Awards 1995.
Urban Land Institute ULI Awards List 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 2017-2018, Global Award, West Don Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) APA Awards List 2011, Donald Hunter Excellence in Economic Development Planning Award, Coliseum District Master Plan: Peninsula Town Center Project, Hampton, Virginia 2013, National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation, Cincinnati Central Riverfront, Master Plan, Cincinnati, Ohio
City of Moscow 2012, First Prize, Federal District Concept Plan, International Competition for the Moscow Agglomeration Plan Winners of Moscow masterplan announced, World Architecture News, September 6, 2012
Toronto Architecture & Urban Design 2005, Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, West Don Lands Precinct Plan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Winners of the City of Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Awards 2005, Canadian Architect, May 18, 2005.
See also New Urbanism Mixed-income housing HOPE VI
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