David Dixon

Biography: In recent years, David has helped launch a national conversation about how communities can put emerging mobility paradigms to work to enhance livability, economic opportunity, and equity. In 2020, he led a weeklong community-based Mobility Innovations: Reshaping Buffalo for the 21st century charrette, sponsored by The Congress for the New Urbanism, the City of Buffalo, and Stantec’s Urban Places. Residential Architecture Magazine named David to their Hall of Fame as “the person we call to ask about cities” and the American Institute of Architects named David a Fellow of the Institute and awarded him their Thomas Jefferson Medal for “a lifetime of creating livable neighborhoods, vibrant civic spaces, and vital downtowns.” David led planning for post-Katrina New Orleans (which earned the American Planning Association’s Hard Won Victory Award). He co-authored Urban Design for an Urban Century (Wiley, 2015) and co-edited Suburban Remix (Island Press, 2018).