The firm advocates for New Urbanist town planning in the United States and other countries, having completed designs for over 300 new and existing communities.
In addition to Duany and Plater-Zyberk, DPZ's partners include Galina Tachieva, Marina Khoury, Senen M. A. Antonio and Matthew J. Lambert.
The firm's Seaside, Florida project was the first authentic new town to be built successfully in the United States in over fifty years.
Following the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, DPZ, working under the banner of The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment (TPFBE), prepared a recovery plan for Port-au-Prince.
More recent publications by or about DPZ include Duany and Speck's The Smart Growth Manual; Thomas E. Low's Light Imprint Handbook: Integrating Sustainability and Community Design; Galina Tachieva's Sprawl Repair Manual; and Duany's Garden Cities: Theory & Practice of Agrarian Urbanism.