Urban Design Associates Last updated May 29, 2025 Pennsylvanian Architectural firm
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. [ 2] Lewis and Gindroz pioneered methods for engaging citizens in the design of community centers, schools, and neighborhoods. [ 3]
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 . [ 4] 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 , [ 5] and organized the "Remaking Cities" conference that was held in Pittsburgh in 1988 to address post-industrial cities. [ 6] 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. [ 7] 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 . [ 8] [ 9]
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 York [ 10] Anderson Station, Calgary , Alberta, Canada [ 11] Baxter Village Pattern Book, Fort Mill, South Carolina [ 12] Celebration Pattern Book, Celebration, Florida [ 13] [ 14] Cincinnati Central Riverfront, Ohio [ 15] Clarksburg Municipal Building, Clarksburg, West Virginia Crawford Square , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania [ 16] Currie Barracks, Calgary, Alberta, Canada [ 17] Daybreak, Utah : Master Planners, Pattern Book [ 18] [ 19] Dayton, Ohio (various parts of city) [ 20] Diggs Town, Norfolk, Virginia [ 21] Downtown Norfolk, Virginia [ 22] Ellon Pattern Book, Aberdeenshire , Scotland, UK [ 23] Federal District, Moscow , Russian Federation [ 24] Jacksonville Landing , Jacksonville, Florida [ 25] Louisiana Speaks : Pattern Book & Tool Kit, Louisiana Region Middletown Arch, Norfolk, Virginia [ 26] The New Faubourg Lafitte , New Orleans , Louisiana Park DuValle, Louisville , Kentucky [ 27] Randolph Neighborhood, Richmond, Virginia Sewickley Heights Pattern Book, Sewickley Heights, Pennsylvania Tampa Waterfront Vision Plan, Tampa, Florida Virginia Beach Form-Based Code, Virginia Beach, Virginia [ 28] WaterColor Pattern Book, WaterColor, Florida [ 29] West Don Lands , Toronto , Ontario, Canada Yuzhny Master Plan, St. Petersburg , Russian Federation [ 30] 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. [ 31] Raymond L. Gindroz, FAIA, co-founder - The "Gindroz Prize" for Carnegie Mellon architecture and music students carries his name. [ 32] 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 Barry J. Long Jr., AIA, LEED AP, President and CEO Megan O'Hara, AICP, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President Eric R. Osth, AIA, LEED AP, Chairman [ citation needed ] Awards and recognitions American Institute of Architects [ 33]
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 [ 34]
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 [ 35] Presidential Design Award
1995, Federal Design Achievement Award, The Re-design of Diggs Town (Public Housing), Norfolk, Virginia [ 36] Urban Land Institute [ 37]
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 [ 38] American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) [ 39]
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 [ 40] Toronto Architecture & Urban Design
2005, Award of Excellence, Visions and Master Plans, West Don Lands Precinct Plan, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [ 41] References ↑ UDA , Design Intelligence ↑ Pop Star David Lewes , Pop City Media, 2009 ↑ Space & Society, International Journal of Architecture and Environmental Design, 22, MIT Press ↑ The Urban Design Handbook, Techniques and Working Methods , published by W.W. Norton & Company ↑ Cincinnati central riverfront plan wins national award , by Lucie May, Cincinnati Business Courier, January 9, 2013 ↑ David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement , Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture, January 25, 2010. ↑ Housing Policy Debate , Volume 9, Issue 1, and "New Hope for Failed Housing", Preservation Magazine , March/April 1998 ↑ 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 ↑ Transit-Oriented Development by Urban Design Associates , New Transit Development, November 8, 2010 ↑ City hosts open house to present future concept for the transit oriented development of Anderson Station , Press Release, City of Calgary, May 15, 2014. ↑ Builder Magazine , 9), July 2000 ↑ AIA Committee on Design 1999, V.12 ↑ Great Planned Communities, The Urban Land Institute, 2002 ↑ Traditional Building Magazine , "Reclaiming the Waterfront", October 2010 ↑ Progressive Architecture PA, June 1992, "Neighborhoods by Design" ↑ Currie Barracks , Alberta Professional Planners Institute, 2016 ↑ DAYBREAK MASTER PLAN GIVES NEW MEANING TO "TOD" , by Bruce D. Snider, Builder Magazine , 29 September 2015 ↑ Daybreak makes no small plans , by Robert Steuteville, CNU Public Square Journal, 7 August 2013 ↑ "Dayton contracts company to redevelop area neighborhoods" . 24 April 2019. ↑ Housing Policy Debate , Volume 9, Issue 1, 1998, "Restoring Community through Traditional Neighborhood Design: A Case Study of Diggs Town Public Housing" ↑ Norfolk, An Urban Miracle , Virginia Living , February 2016 ↑ "Planning for the Future" , Traditional Building Magazine , October 2010 ↑ Moscow City Agglomeration Development , by Adrian Welch, e-Architect , March 6, 2014 ↑ "Mayor's Office: It's Time to Move Forward with Demolishing the Jacksonville Landing" . 30 April 2019. ↑ Progressive Architecture | PA, June 1992, "Neighborhoods by Design" ↑ "Urban Design Associates; Park DuValle" . ↑ Oceanfront Resort District Forms Base Code , City of Virginia Beach, July 10, 2012 ↑ Landscape Architecture , 12/2003, "Walk on the Wildside (WaterColor Pattern Book)" ↑ "Satellite Town Aims to Maximize Comfort for Value" , St. Petersburg Times , August 8, 2012 ↑ David Lewis Directorship in Urban Design and Regional Engagement , Carnegie Mellon University, January 2010. ↑ Gindroz Prize , Carnegie Mellon University, 2017. ↑ AIA Awards List ↑ CNU Awards Lists ↑ UDA Receives 2019 Arthur Ross Award for Community Design, Civic Design, and City Planning , Society of Architecture Carnegie Mellon, 20 May 2019. ↑ Presidential Design Awards 1995. ↑ ULI Awards List ↑ "West Don Lands, 2017–2018 Global Awards for Excellence Winner" . 2017-11-13. ↑ APA Awards List ↑ Winners of Moscow masterplan announced , World Architecture News, September 6, 2012 ↑ Winners of the City of Toronto Architecture & Urban Design Awards 2005 , Canadian Architect, May 18, 2005.
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