Urban Design Group

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Urban Design Group (UDG) is a professional architectural, interior, planning and urban design services firm with studios in Atlanta, 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.^[1] 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[]

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One Tabor Center, Denver, Colorado

Bugis Junction, Singapore

• 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 ^[2]
• 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

Gallery[]

Law Office/Crawford Hill Mansion, Denver, Colorado

Silver Legacy Resort Casino, Reno, Nevada

California Adventure, Anaheim, California

Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas

Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas

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)

External links[]

• Official website