Urban design and master planning now call for the integration of many complex factors, including market demands, environmental opportunities, community input and technical efficiencies. Our comprehensive approach to each project seeks to integrate these factors into plans and designs that are appropriate to their place, financially sound, and socially progressive.

With a skilled inter-disciplinary staff of architects, landscape architects, planners, and urban designers Calthorpe Associates provides an integrated set of services. The firm's expertise ranges from urban infill and redevelopment plans to new towns and regional growth strategies, from housing and retail development to commercial and civic design. This wide-ranging experience provides a unique capability that facilitates the development of plans that are grounded in what can be called practical innovation.