About Galina Tachieva and Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company
Galina Tachieva is an expert on sustainable planning, urban redevelopment, sprawl repair, and form-based codes. As a partner and Director of Town Planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Architects and Town Planners (DPZ), Tachieva directs and manages the design and implementation of projects in the US and around the world. DPZ, a leader in the New Urbanism, the movement to end sprawl and urban disinvestment, has completed designs for more than 300 new towns, regional plans, and community revitalization projects on five continents. Tachieva is the author of theÊSprawl Repair Manual, an award-winning publication, which focuses on the incremental retrofit of auto-centric suburban places into complete, vibrant communities through focused interventions. Tachieva is one of the leaders of the CNU Sprawl Retrofit Initiative, a founding member of the Congress for European Urbanism, a board member of the New Urban Guild Foundation, On the Board of Director's with the Sky Institute, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners, and is certified by the US Green Building Council as a LEED-accredited professional. She lectures frequently on a number of topics - most prominently Sprawl Repair, across the United States and abroad.
Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company (DPZ) is a major leader in the practice and direction of urban planning, having designed hundreds of new and existing communities in the United States and overseas.