Michael Pyatok, head of Pyatok Architects located in Oakland, California and contributor to Beyond Zuccotti Park, has been honored with the Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture. Pyatok has received the award in the category of making a significant contribution to the quality of public architecture while working in the private sector.Pyatok and Pyatok Architects has focused on elevating the quality of design in affordable and low-income housing. An early advocate for density, mixed uses, and proximity to transit and services in low-income communities, Pyatok developed site planning and design strategies to create “cozy communities,” or intimate groupings of neighbors that foster social cohesion among at-risk households.

He is the co-author of the now standard Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing. Today, he and his staff have designed more than 35,000 dwellings in hundreds of projects around the US. He has also designed more than 5,000 affordable homes for low-income communities in Malaysia and the Philippines. In addition to the Thomas Jefferson Award, Pyatok has received many other awards in design, leadership and social responsibility.

Congratulations to Michael and Pyatok Architects!

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