Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists is a Pasadena-based architecture and urban planning firm founded in 1990 by partners Elizabeth Moule and Stefanos Polyzoides. The firm was established 'to address the emerging challenge of our time: creating timeless and sustainable buildings, campuses, neighborhoods and towns for current and future generations.' Their office is located in a historic building previously occupied by Wallace Neff and Frederick Ruppel, which Neff designed in the late 1920s and which Moule & Polyzoides rehabilitated in 1998. The firm is particularly renowned for their work in rethinking urban centers and creating residential complexes centered around courtyards.
Moule & Polyzoides are founding members of the New Urbanism movement, having co-founded the Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) in 1993 alongside Peter Calthorpe, Andrés Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, and Daniel Solomon. In 1991, they were part of the group that developed the Ahwahnee Principles for land use planning. Their design philosophy emphasizes sustainable, transit-oriented development, traditional neighborhood design principles, and the creation of timeless architecture that serves both current and future generations. They advocate for mixed-use developments, walkable communities, and buildings that respond to local context while promoting environmental sustainability.
AWARDS
Arthur Ross Award for Community Design and City Planning, Institute of Classical Architecture and Art (2015)
CNU Charter Award for 30 Years of Scripps College Campus Stewardship (2015)
EPA Smart Growth Award for Overall Excellence (2012)
Seaside Prize FOR Seaside Institute (1998)
Outstanding Architect Award, Los Angeles Business Journal (2009)
Multiple CNU Charter Awards:
NOTABLE WORKS
Harper Court/Seven Fountains (2002)
Doña Ana Historic Plaza Reconstruction & Del Mar Station (2003)
NRDC Robert Redford Building (2004)
Mercado Neighborhood & Mission Meridian Village (2006)
San Antonio River North District Master Plan (2009)