Elizabeth Maria Plater-Zyberk
Architect, town planner, educator
Born Dec. 20, 1950, Bryn Mawr (PA), U.S.; daughter of Josaphat and Maria (Meysztowicz); married Andres Duany.
Education: Manhattanville College, Purchase (NY), 1968-70; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Princeton University (NJ), 1972; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in architecture), Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1974.
Career: principal, Arquitectonica International Corporation, 1976-80, tenured prof., University of Miami School of Architecture, 1979 -, Coral Gables (FL); visiting prof., University of Maryland, 1978, University of Virginia, 1981, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge (MA), 1984, 1990; Bishop Chair, Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1987; principle, Duany & Plater-Zyberk, Architects & Town Planners, Miami (FL), 1980 -.
Author: numerous buildings and town plans i.a.: town of Seaside (FL); exhibitions i.a.: The New American, Rome (It.), 1979, Young Americans, Yale University, 1980, Sources of American Architecture, Columbia University, New York City, 1983, Seaside: a New Town, Harvard University, 1984, De La Cruz House, Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, 1985, Amerika - Gedenkbibliothek, Competition Entries, Berlin (Germany), and A Vision of Britain, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (United Kingdom), 1989, Architecture sous les Tropiques, Fondation pour L'Architecture, Brussels (Belgium), 1991; numerous lectures.
Member of, i.a.: active member, American Institute of Architects (AIA); trustee, Princeton University, 1987-91,1993; foundation, Architects Club of Miami (president, 1977-86); advisory board member, Tigertail Productions; board directors member, Miami Beach Design Preservation League, Bakehouse Art Complex; resident, American Academy in Rome.
Honors: numerous architecturals awards, i.a.: American Institute of Architects (AIA), Florida South chapter, 1982-86, Architectural Record House, 1983, 1984, 1986, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Florida State, 1984, 1986, National American Institute of Architects (AIA), 1988, 1991, Florida Governor's Urban Design, 1986, 1990; Best in Design of 1991, Time, 1992.
Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, Spanish, Italian, French, German.
Hobbies: reading, socializing.
Office: Duany & Plater-Zyberk, Architects & Town Planners, 1023 SW 25th Avenue, Miami, FL 33135.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.