Nando Micale
An Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania since 1996, Nando leads second year planning studios focused on urban design and housing. His recent studio topics included social housing in Toronto, growth pressures in the Bakken oil and gas region of North Dakota, and resiliency and housing development in cities in Colombia. Nando has also served as design studio juror for architecture programs at Boston Architectural Center, Columbia, Drexel, Harvard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Roger Williams, and Temple. Member Directory
Biography: Nando is a Principal in LRK's Philadelphia office. An architect and urbanist with more than 30-plus years of experience in transforming our country's cities through the design of vital, sustainable districts and neighborhoods, his award-winning work ranges from city-wide urban design plans like Omaha by Design, to waterfront districts in cities as diverse as Philadelphia, Nashville, Wilmington (DE), Camden and Trenton (NJ). One of his hallmark visioning projects is the 2008 Civic Vision for the Central Delaware Riverfront in Philadelphia, which has received national awards of excellence from ASLA, AIA, APA and CNU. His district projects include suburban smart growth strategies, transit-oriented development, brownfields redevelopment plans, green infrastructure planning, and urban infill projects. As one of the nation's leading designers of mixed-income multi-family communities, Nando’s experience in planning and architecture—totaling nearly 10,000 new homes—in cities such as Atlanta, Birmingham, Jacksonville, Jersey City, Kansas City, Louisville, New Orleans, Oakland, Philadelphia, San Antonio, and Seattle.
An Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania since 1996, Nando leads second year planning studios focused on urban design and housing. His recent studio topics included social housing in Toronto, growth pressures in the Bakken oil and gas region of North Dakota, and resiliency and housing development in cities in Colombia. Nando has also served as design studio juror for architecture programs at Boston Architectural Center, Columbia, Drexel, Harvard, New Jersey Institute of Technology, University of Pennsylvania, Roger Williams, and Temple.