5+design
Drone Iyangar is an Associate Principal at 5+design, where involvement includes large-scale masterplanning of communities and retail, dining, and entertainment centers, prioritizing walkability, permeability, and diversity to enhance user experience. Previous roles include Senior Urban Planner and Urban Designer at WATG and Wimberly Interiors, contributing to major projects such as the Marassi Resort Masterplan and winning designs like Burj 2020. Drone has extensive experience as a Principal and Co-founder at VIDA and as a Senior Architectural and Urban Designer at Vertex Productions, focusing on themed entertainment projects and masterplan conceptualization. Education includes a Master's degree in Architecture and Urban Design from UCLA and a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the Institute of Environmental Design.
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5+design
Founded in 2005 by five longtime friends and colleagues in Los Angeles, 5+design is a creative architecture and planning practice with studios in Hollywood, Shanghai, and Dubai. We design places for people, from the scale of a room to a city. Encompassing retail, mixed-use, residential, and large-scale urban planning, our work addresses two contemporary needs: a strong desire for community, and connection to the greater world. Our projects act as frameworks for life's experiences, both local and global in nature. To succeed, our work must always allow room for others. This success is measured by how authentically our projects are tied to the context of their location. Through our close relationships with clients, consultants and collaborators, we are able to reach toward greater authenticity in everything we do.