Press
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The Los Angeles Times reviews the recently opened La Peer Hotel in West Hollywood, calling it a "...glam new destination that celebrates Los Angeles style."
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Case study of South Pasadena's Mission Meridian Village in "Build a Better Burb / The Long Island Index"
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In this Center for Creative Land Recycling video, local residents share their own perspectives about redevelopment of Hunters Point in San Francisco.
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Urban Land Institute article about our integrated design approach to sustainability in the LEED-Platinum Robert Redford Building for the NRDC, which included many passive strategies as well as high-tech solutions to green design.
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A CBS news report about new signs that Americans are beginning to make big changes in where they live, what they drive and how they get to work as gas prices zoom ever higher.
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The Wall Street Journal reports about changing housing and commuting habits of Americans, focusing on Del Mar Station.
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Del Mar Station sets an example for car-free, sustainable living writes Pasadena Magazine of the innovative mixed-use, transit-oriented development.
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Ms. Magazine profiles women who have taken the lead in building sustainable places to live and work, featuring the Robert Redford Building for the NRDC and its architect, Elizabeth Moule.
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The Los Angeles Times examines the collaboration between Creative Housing Associates and Moule & Polyzoides that led to the award-winning mixed-use TOD, Mission Meridian Village.
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New Urban News article about South Pasadena's Mission Meridian Village which the author calls one of the "most striking examples of dense mixed-use development along the Los Angeles region's expanding network of light-rail lines."
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AirTalk's Larry Mantle discusses New Urbanism with Stefanos Polyzoides, Ventura City Manager Rick Cole and Creative Housing Associates President Michael Dieden.
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In response to the growing awareness of the effect that buildings have on the natural environment, Jeffrey Kaye of KCET-LA reports on efforts to build in a sustainable manner, focusing on the LEED-Platinum Robert Redford Building that we designed for the NRDC.
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Interior Design magazine profiles the Robert Redford Building for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Los Angeles Times article about transit villages in Southern California, featuring Mission Meridian Village.
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Grist reports about the opening of the Robert Redford Building for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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KCRW's Warren Olney reports on the Robert Redford Building for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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New York Times article about the opening of the Robert Redford Building for the Natural Resources Defense Council.
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Architecture Magazine interview with Stefanos Polyzoides about anti-sprawl development.
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New Urban News article about the revitalization of Downtown Albuquerque, featuring Alvarado Center.
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Pasadena Weekly article about Del Mar Station Transit Village.
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Los Angeles Forum for Architecture and Urban Design article about courtyard housing in Southern California, featuring three of our projects
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Report from the Council on the New Urbanism, focusing on urban infill development. Features three Moule & Polyzoides projects: Del Mar Station Transit Village, Mission Meridian Village and UCLA SW Campus Graduate Student Housing. Includes two essays by Stefanos Polyzoides: "Housing Fabric as Town Form" and "The Plazas of New Mexico."
Projects
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Rio Nuevo, Tucson, Arizona: The Bautista is a mid-rise multi-family, mixed-use project in the new neighborhood of Rio Nuevo in Tucson, located on a streetcar line connecting it to downtown Tucson.
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Pasadena, California: Del Mar Station is a transit-oriented development surrounding a prominent Gold Line Metro Station, on the line that connects Los Angeles and Pasadena.
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Hollywood, California: Located in the heart of old Hollywood near Sunset and Vine, 6630 Sunset Boulevard draws upon the Art Deco tradition of Hollywood’s boom in the 1920s and 1930s with a contemporary interpretation.
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South Pasadena, California: A transit-oriented development adjacent to a light rail station, Mission Meridian provides 67 condominiums and 5,000 square feet of retail space for those interested in commuting by train.
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Beverly Hills, California: The character of the Golden Triangle has been strengthened by transforming the area into a park-once district, adding improved landscape and lighting, and adopting a code to guide the design of future buildings.
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Ventura, California: Located on a sloping site with beautiful ocean views in Ventura's pedestrian-oriented downtown, 42 North Chestnut is a mixed-use and adaptive reuse project with 51 condominium units on a nearly two-acre site.
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Santa Ana, California: Located north of downtown Santa Ana on a one-acre site, this mixed-use project consists of 45 units of housing configured around four unique courtyards that vary in orientation, size and massing.
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Santa Monica, California: Among the greenest buildings in the world, the LEED-Platinum Robert Redford Building for the NRDC houses the organization's west coast headquarters.
Talks
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A series of lectures on the urban and architectural design of town centers during the annual executive course on retail organized by Robert Gibbs at Harvard University.
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Director of Design Vinayak Bharne discussed Mission Meridian Village and Del Mar Station at the 2011 Urban Land Institute TOD Summit in Pasadena, California
News
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Robert Gibbs's acclaimed urban retail program explored how modern principles of retail and mixed-use development can be combined with the best practices of New Urbanism, Smart Growth and architectural design to create successful urban commercial centers.
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American Public Media’s daily radio program, Marketplace, continued its series, “The Next American Dream” with an interview of Elizabeth Moule, principal of Moule & Polyzoides, on the firm’s design of the award-winning Mission Station Transit-Oriented Development.
Thoughts
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Stefanos Polyzoides discusses housing design in the context of neighborhoods, with Mission Meridian Village in South Pasadena as his backdrop.
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A casual observation of the American landscape instantly conveys the contributions of the retail trade to making urban places beautiful, prosperous and livable.