Brian Falk Author

Andrés Duany, architect, urban designer, planner and author, has influenced urban planners and designers worldwide, redirected government policies in the U.S. and abroad, and produced plans for hundreds of new and renewed communities. He was the principal author of the SmartCode and co-author of several books, including Suburban Nation: the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream, The Smart Growth Manual, and The New Civic Art.

Brian Falk is Director of the Center for Applied Transect Studies, which supports interdisciplinary research and publication for the design, coding, and building of Transect-based communities. He was a contributing editor of the Sprawl Repair Manual and manages the Project for Lean Urbanism.

Sandy Sorlien is an urban code writer, editor, photographer, and teacher. She was the managing editor for the SmartCode and author of the Pocket Code. She is completing a photographic book about Main Streets and has embarked on another about the Schuylkill River.