RAY GINDROZ is co-founder and principal emeritus of Urban Design Associates. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a past chair of the AIA Committee on Design, and a past chair of the Congress for the New Urbanism. Ray is the principal author of The Urban Design Handbook, The Architectural Pattern Book, and The Place of Dwelling. He taught urban design for twenty years at the Yale University School of Architecture. Ray earned B.Arch and M.Arch degrees from Carnegie Mellon University and a Diploma from Centro per gli Studi di Architettura, A. Palladio, Vicenza, Italy.