David Dixon

Residential Architecture Magazine named David to their Hall of Fame as “the person we call to ask about cities.” He led planning in post-Katrina New Orleans and in recent years has led planning for Canada’s largest innovation cluster, revitalized downtowns for cities large and small, and initiated a broad reappraisal of the role of density in building more livable, resilient, and equitable communities. His impact has not gone unnoticed—he has won dozens of awards from The Congress for the New Urbanism, the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning Association, and the International Downtown Association. A Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, David was honored with the Institute’s Thomas Jefferson Medal for “a lifetime of creating livable neighborhoods, vibrant civic spaces, and vital downtowns.” David co-authored Urban Design for an Urban Century (Wiley, 2015) with Lance Brown FAIA and co-edited Suburban Remix: Creating the next generation of urban places (Island Press, 2018) with Jason Beske AICP.