Awards

John Nolen Award

CNU Florida Chapter Chair, Dr. Chuck Bohl, presents the award to Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, principals of DPZ, at CNU 20.

2012 Recipient Duany, Plater-Zyberk & Company

The Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism awards CNU founders Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, principals of DPZ, the Nolen Medal for their extensive contributions to New Urbanism in the US and abroad.  DPZ has implemented new urbanist town planning and design principles in more than 300 new and existing communities around the world. DPZ is headquartered in Miami, Florida with affiliates in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

From left to right: CNU Chair Victor Dover, CNU Florida
Chapter Chair Dr. Chuck Bohl, Mr. Kramer’s wife Shirley and son David (who received the award in his honor), CNU Florida Chapter Board Member Jennifer Langford, and David Coffey.

2012 Recipient Posthumously: Robert “Bob” B. Kramer (1944–2011)

On the occasion of the twentieth annual CNU Congress, held in West Palm Beach, Florida, the Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism posthumously awards this Medal to Bob Kramer. As the highest possible honor conferred by the Chapter, this award recognizes superior effort in furthering the principles of the Charter of the New Urbanism in Florida, providing our state with examples of exemplary performance and achievement to which all may aspire.

2011 Recipient, Donald Martin

The Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism awarded Don Martin for his contribution to New Urbanism in Winter Park, Florida. Don, former planning and community-development director for the City of Winter Park, guided the City through its main street redevelopment implementing the Park Avenue Plan of Dover Kohl & Partners. Currently, he is the principal-in-charge of Martin and Vargas Design, a company with offices in Winter Park and Nicaragua.

2010 Recipient Dover, Kohl & Partners

The Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism recognized the contributions made by the firm Dover Kohl & Partners by awarding it the 2010 John Nolen Award. Dover Kohl & Partners pioneered imaging techniques and served as an example of a private firm committed to the principles of New Urbanism.

2008 Recipient Walter Kulash

Walter Kulash is a traffic engineer who specializes in “livable traffic” design, a view of traffic engineering that recognizes that the narrow traffic planning goals of the past few decades—moving the most traffic at the greatest possible speed—are giving way to a far more inclusive view. In the new view, traffic performance is balanced against other desired qualities of the street, such as its value as an “address,” its retail friendliness, and its role as a premier public space of the community. Mr. Kulash’s clients include cities, developers, state DOTs and advocacy groups.

2007 Recipient University of Miami, School of Architecture

The Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism awarded the University of Miami's School of Architecture for its contribution to New Urbanism. The school has educated numerous professionals in the principles of New Urbanism and served as a vanguard to other universities in promoting the principals of New Urbanism.

2006 Recipients Robert and Daryl Davis

The Florida Chapter of the Congress for the New Urbanism recognized the contributions made by the developers of Seaside, Florida by awarding them the 2006 John Nolen Award. Robert and Daryl’s work in Seaside has influenced an entire generation of architects, developers, planners, elected officials, traffic engineers, and people from all walks of life. The recipients provided a vital platform and played a hands-on role for experiments in urban architecture, place making, coding, real estate development, landscape architecture, urban retailing, and a dozen other areas of critical concern for the community-building professions.

Inaugural 2005 Recipient Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council

The Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council received the medal in recognition of two decades of diligent, courageous work to bring walkable community design to the four counties (Indian River, Martin, St. Lucie, and Palm Beach counties) and numerous municipalities within its jurisdiction.

Charles A. Barrett Memorial Award

Charles Barrett, who passed away in 1996, was a man of extraordinary passion and talent. During his tenure with Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company, Charles’s work defined the highest level of design discipline and beauty and became a trademark for the CNU in its formative years. Charles’s spirit lives on in his drawings, in the colleagues he influenced, and in the communities that were built because of his drawings. This award preserves the memory of the standard he set for others to emulate.

James Dougherty receives the award next to his wife and son at the CNU 20 Art of the New Urbanism Reception in West Palm Beach. 

2012 Recipient James Dougherty

James Dougherty, Director of Design at Dover, Kohl & Partners, has dedicated his career to help communities envision and implement a more sustainable future.  His graphics, illustrating sustainable urban design and form-based code principles, have been published in over a dozen books and serve as examples of good traditional architecture and urban design.

2011 Recipient Juan Caruncho

Juan Caruncho is the founder and principal of Caruncho Professional Association, an architectural firm in Miami. Juan received a degree in Architecture from the University of Miami and was apprenticed at Duany Plater Zyberk and Company. Juan's talents and dedication have been repeatedly shown throughout his work and have resulted in the creation of extraordinary examples of neo-traditional architecture and urban design.

2008 Recipient Ernesto Buch

Ernesto Buch, recipient of the Charles Barrett Award, is the principal of architectural firm Ernesto Buch Architect, Inc., founded in 1987 with offices in Miami, New Haven, and Punto Cana Dominican Republic. The firm specializes in Classical/Traditional architecture and urbanism and is committed to an architecture that is responsive to its physical setting. The firm very strongly believes that a building must be an integral part of its surroundings and respectful of its historical context and building traditions.

2007 Recipient Scott Merrill

For more than two decades Scott Merrill, and his firm Merrill, Pastor, and Colgan, has consistently designed and built projects which are timeless, inspiring, and have influenced countless other designers. Mr. Merrill has given a gift to Florida in his architecture; and through the creativity, discipline and professionalism exhibited throughout his career, he has given a gift of example to us all.Dan L

Law of the Indies Prize

Left: Seaside Residence by Leon Krier (image source: photo by architect Bob Borson). Right: Leon Krier's drawing of Seaside house (1985: Pen, ink and brown wash, over pencil)

2012 Recipient Leon Krier

Leon Krier, architect, architectural theorist and urban planner, has had great influence in the New Urbanism movement, particularly through his campaign for the reconstruction of the traditional European city model.  Out of the three buildings designed by Krier that have been built, two of them are located in Florida: a house in the resort village of Seaside and the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center on the campus of the University of Miami.