The New Default: Beautiful. Equitable. Healthy. Carbon-Free.

innovative places that help communities achieve their full potential:

We start every project with a goal of creating pilgrimage sites, and we strive to create an equitable built environment through placemaking & empathetic community engagement.

The proven way to dramatically improve local quality of life is through Integrated Design Thinking, a sustained public engagement focused on continuously improving a community’s design, development, and governance.

The case studies below tell a unique story of how three cycles of design and critique resulted in aspirational master plans with strong community buy-in and momentum.

Colony Park Master Plan

Austin, TX

Uptown Normal

Normal, IL

Granite City Green Communities

Granite City, IL

Cardinal Campus

Highland, IN

Duneland Village Master Plan

Gary, IN

Harper Court

Chicago, IL

Silver Strand Campus Master Plan

San Diego, CA

Tinley Park State Campus Redevelopment

Tinley Park, IL

Lake and Pulaski Transit-Oriented-Development

Chicago, IL

Rancho Verde Eco Industrial Park

Chicago, IL

143rd Street Master Plan

Orland Park, IL

Beachwalk Master Plan

Collinsville Great Streets

Des Plaines Form Based Code

Envision 8th Charrette

Lathrop Homes

Merriman Valley - Schumacher Area Master Plan

St. Louis Northside-Southside TOD Study

West Chicago Redevelopment Plan

Wheeling Downtown TOD Plan

Ann Arbor Greenhouse Reduction Plan

Ann Arbor, MI

Bloomington IL Master Plan & Form Based Code

Davis Sustainability Plan

Dining on the Five

Gary - University Park East

City of Lombard - Metra Station Proposal

Mundelein Design Guidelines

Village of Swansea Town Center

Westlake Extension TOD

Yorkville Streetscape Master Plan & FBC

Bevo Great Streets

St. Louis, MO

Chicago Zoning Ordinance

Detroit Mix Tape Pink Zoning

Downtown Rockford Strategic Action Plan

Lakeland Land Development Regulations

McLean County Development Impact Study

Mundelein TOD Implementation Plan

Toledo Civic Center Mall Charrette

Westmont Downtown Redevelopment Plan