Elizabeth Moule received her Bachelors of Art from Smith College. She attended the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies and obtained her Masters in Architecture from Princeton University. She is a founding partner of Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists. Ms. Moule is a registered Architect in the State of California and is a California native.

Ms. Moule’s distinguished career involves architecture, urbanism, real estate development, teaching, writing and civic involvement. She is a co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and is an Emeritus member of its Board of Directors; CNU is a national organization aimed at integrating aesthetic, social, environmental, economic and policy aspects of urbanism. She led a board committee overseeing a joint project with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the CNU authoring LEED guidelines for Neighborhood Design.

Following the ravages of Hurricane Katrina in Mississippi, Ms. Moule was asked by Governor Barbour to participate in a national charrette to provide emergency urban design and planning services and lead the reconstruction efforts of Biloxi.

Other current projects include the restoration of the Vista del Arroyo bungalows on three acres. She is currently designing a sustainable neighborhood on 200 acres in Rancho Mirage, California two high profile hotels in West Hollywood, the new Administration and International Studies Building at New College in Sarasota, Florida—the first two buildings under the Moule & Polyzoides Master plan completed in 2006. She has led many education projects for such schools as University of Arizona, Polytechnic, Scripps College, and Westridge.

Ms. Moule led the design of the Robert Redford Building, the new West Coast headquarters for the NRDC in Santa Monica, California; the Robert Redford Building is rated the greenest building in the world with a LEED Platinum rating.

Ms. Moule is a member of the Advisory Board of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development. She has sat on and chaired several awards juries including the Presidential Design Awards and is a frequently invited public speaker; most recently, for the Prince of Wales’ Foundation in London. Locally she has served on a Blue Ribbon committee to create new Green Guidelines for the City of Pasadena, serves as ongoing civic advisor for the City’s Public Arts program, and is a Pasadena Heritage Associate.

The work of Moule & Polyzoides has been published widely, including in the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, Dwell, and Residential Architect. Ms. Moule has contributed articles to several books and periodicals including the Los Angeles Times, The Nikkei Shimbun, The Los Angeles Forum, The Charter for the New Urbanism, The Seaside Tapes, and World Cities—LA. She was recently profiled in the December 2006 issue of Ms. Magazine.