Civano

Stefanos Polyzoides is currently a professor and dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Notre Dame. He earned his bachelor and MArch degrees in architecture and planning from Princeton University, taught at USC between 1973 and 1995, and along with his wife Elizabeth Moule, he is a cofounder of the Congress for the New Urbanism and a partner in Moule & Polyzoides of Pasadena, CA. The firm has completed more than 500 projects in the US and around the world. He is the author or co- author of numerous books and articles on architecture and urbanism.

L. R. Rayburn earned his bachelor and MArch degrees from the University of Pennsylvania. His career has bridged both architectural practice and development and has focused on adaptive reuse and preservation, community development, and urban revitalisation. Early in his career, sustainability emerged as a central theme of his professional work and has remained so. His work has received awards for both design excellence and its contribution to the vitality of urban life. His work in affordable housing in Baltimore was honoured by a special commendation by the Maryland House of Delegates. Mr. Rayburn was the director of design, and later managed all facets of the Community of Civano’s development. He lives in Civano, while splitting his time between Tucson and Durham, NC.