How to Become a Town Architect
November 12, 2005 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL

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 Note: This course is offered by the Knight Program in Community Building
in conjunction with the The New Urban Guild. How to Become a Town Architect is scheduled to follow and complement the Guild Workshop offered by The New Urban Guild on Miami Beach on Nov. 10-11. Special rates of $450 total for those enrolling in both courses, payable through The New Urban Guild.

This intensive seminar provides a comprehensive overview of the process of becoming a town architect and focuses on the core responsibilities of the position. Town architects are essential to ensuring quality at the scale of architecture in New Urbanist developments as well as in communities with town architect and urban design director positions. Seminar attendees learn from industry leaders who are implementing the best current systems for construction oversight and design review.

New Urbanism has created excellence at the scale of the town and neighborhood for a quarter century. Developments that have also focused on high quality at the scale of architecture have seen spectacular results, in large part due to the presence of a good town architect. Unfortunately, good town architects are among the most difficult professionals to find.

Principles of traditional architecture and participation in the Town Architect Farm System, sponsored by the New Urban Guild, will be reviewed. Architects, landscape architects, city planners, and developers will benefit from learning methods of handling typical design issues and hearing first-hand experience of town architects.

Attendees Learn:

·       Architectural Codes and Pattern Books

·       Operating System of New Urbanism: The Transect

·       Components: Hot Spot Items to Look For

·       Responsibilities and Issues

·       Methods: Resident Town Architect, Face-to-Face Review

·       Demonstration: Face-to-Face Method

·       Details: The Paper Trail

Faculty:

Steve Mouzon: lead course instructor; principal, The New Urban Guild; town architect of Gorham's Bluff, Providence, the Preserve, and the Waters (all AL)

Marieanne Khoury-Vogt: town architect, Alys Beach, FL

Geoffrey Mouen: principal, Geoffrey Mouen Architects, Orlando; recently town architect of Celebration, FL

Nathan  Norris: principal, PlaceMakers

Teofilo Victoria: professor, University of Miami; first town architect, Seaside, FL 

Mike Watkins: director of Town Planning, Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, Gaithersburg, MD; town architect of the Kentlands, MD and Norton Commons, KY

Tuition: 
$250 ($225 for early registration before October 28, 2005. $450 for those enrolling in both How to Become a Town Architect and the Guild Workshop in Miami Beach on Nov 10-11; information at www.newurbanguild.com and payable through The New Urban Guild.

Cancellation policy: Cancellations received in writing by October 28, 2005 will be refunded, minus a $50 processing fee. Cancellations after October 28 will not be refunded, but a substitute can be sent to attend the course. The name and contact information of the substitute must be provided in writing prior to the course.

For more information:
Updated information will be posted on the website. Also, contact Julia Pizarro at jpizarro@miami.edu or 305.284.3731.