Andrés Duany

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Andres Duany Summary of His Life Andres Duany was born in New York in 1947. He was also raised in Cuba until 1960 where he left after the revolution. After leaving Cuba he went on to receive his bachelor degree in Architecture from Princeton University. Additionally received his Master of Architecture from Ecole des Beaux in Paris and Yale Universities school of Architecture. In 1977 he and his wife along with a few other people founded the architecture firm by the name of Arquitectonica in Miami