Urban Design Group (UDG) was a professional architectural, interior, planning and urban design services firm with studios in Atlanta, Chicago, Georgia, and Dallas, Texas.
Organizational background Urban Design Group was founded in 1975, by John M. Novack Jr., after leaving his position as design director at C. F. Murphy Associates of Chicago.Ingersoll, Richard. (1989). "Reborn to Shop: Rivercenter in San Antonio". Cite Magazine, pps. 7–9 The organization grew steadily, designing several urban projects, including Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas; One Tabor Center in Denver, Colorado; Disney's Wilderness Lodge in Orlando, Florida; and Carlson Center in Minnetonka, Minnesota.
Notable projects
Amrit Touristic Development, Tartous District, Syria Animal Kingdom Lodge, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida Carlson Center, Minnetonka, Minnesota Cameron University Science Complex, Lawton, Oklahoma Castle Creek Lodge, Aspen, Colorado Convergence Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia Denver Dry Goods, Denver, Colorado Eagles Nest Ranch, Northeastern, Colorado E.M. Dirksen Federal Building: Phase III Renovation, Chicago, Illinois Fallen Oak Golf Clubhouse, Gulfport, Mississippi Four Winds New Buffalo, New Buffalo, Michigan Grand Californian, Disney's California Adventure, Anaheim, California Great Platte River Road Archway Monument, Kearney, Nebraska Galleria 400, Atlanta, Georgia Grand Bear Golf Clubhouse, Gulfport, Mississippi Hollywood Slots at Bangor, Maine Hollywood Casino at Penn National, Grantville, Pennsylvania International Baptist Theological Seminary, Prague, Czech Republic Law Offices/Crawford Hill Mansion, Denver, Colorado Nakheel Design Summit, Dubai, United Arab Emirates OCT Yantian Eco Park and Resort, Shenzhen, China One Ten Broadway, San Antonio, Texas Opera Galleria, Fort Collins, Colorado Quartz Mountain Arts and Conference Center, Lone Wolf, Oklahoma Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma Preston Ridge I & II, Alpharetta, Georgia Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas Silver Legacy, Reno, Nevada Sinclair Cabin, Montrose County, Colorado Sogang University Graduate School of Business, Seoul, Korea Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado Tramway Renovation, Denver, Colorado Tulsa Community College West Campus Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa Union Depot (1980), Tulsa, Oklahoma University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles, California United Artist Theatres, Bugis Junction, Singapore United Artist Theatres, Shatin, Hong Kong Wilderness Resort, Walt Disney World, Orlando, Florida Windward Fairways I and II, Atlanta, Georgia
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References
Further reading iiBaxter, L. (1988) A Sense of Place. Identity. iiiDivision of Urban Design of the University of Colorado College of Design and Planning, Award of Honor, Tabor Center, 1985. ivIdeal Places: Rockefeller Visions for America, featuring Tabor Center. 5th Annual Honor Awards. vGaskie, M. (1989). Just Add Water. Architectural Record, 100. viJohnson, C. (1983). Tulsa's Union Depot. Oklahoma Home and Garden. 15. viiSculley, S.W. (2003). Musing on an ‘American’ Architecture. Urban Design Group: Selected and Current Works, The Master Architect Series, 8. viiiMorris, D.L. (1996). The Wilderness World of Disney. Log Home Living, 59 xiCommercial and Retail Development (2001). Galleria 400. Georgia Construction Review: Atlanta Edition, 26. xBruegmann, R. (1989). The Corporate Landscape. Inland Architect. (reprint)
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