Her design and research projects explore processes of contemporary urbanization in globalizing contexts, with articles on “erasure urbanism” appearing in numerous journals and books. Her current book project, co-authored with D. Gamble, explores processes and paradigms of redevelopment in the American urban core. Heyda lectures internationally, and her work has been recognized with design competition awards in the United States and abroad, including recent honors for Floodplan, which reenvisions Nashville’s industrial east bank. She previously worked for the firms Architectures Jean Nouvel, Atelier 8000, and Chan Krieger Associates.