World-class expert to design new town for the Highlands

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Archiseek / UK / Scotland / News / 2006 / May 16

An internationally renowned planning expert who is helping to rebuild Louisiana and Mississippi following devastating hurricanes is to turn his attention to a new town in the Highlands. Florida-based Andres Duany will help draw up the blueprint for a community between Inverness and Nairn. Mr Duany, the principal of Duany Plater-Zyberk and Company (DPZ), has worked on over 300 designs for communities throughout the world, including Baton Rouge in Louisiana; Lost Rabbit, near Jackson, Mississippi; West Palm Beach, Florida and Providence, Rhode Island. He is also one of the founders of the Congress for New Urbanism (CNU) movement, which promotes traditional, pedestrian-friendly cities and has influenced the building of Poundbury, the Prince of Wales's model village near Dorchester.

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