John Beutler

Associate

John Beutler is an urban designer and planner with a decade of experience at Calthorpe Associates.  He manages the development of large scale master plans, both within the United States and internationally, and has overseen projects in Jordan, Pakistan, Senegal and Saudi Arabia, among other locations.  His work has ranged from detailed site design to large-scale city planning to public participation.  Mr. Beutler maintains a special interest in the definition of districts and spaces, and the integration of the automobile into walkable environments.

Selected current and past examples of Mr. Beutler’s work include: 

• Smart Growth Twin Cities (Twin Cities Region, Minnesota)
• Blueprint Denver General Plan (Denver Region, Colorado)
• Mesa del Sol (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
• Amman Urban Strip (Amman, Jordan)
• Umm al Quwain (Umm Al Quwain, UAE)

John Beutler received a Masters of City Planning degree from the University of California at Berkeley.  His work there earned him the 1999 College of Environmental Design Professional Promise Award.  He also participated in an international research effort and coauthored a paper with Dr. Robert Cervero on the adaptation of transit to a variety of modern land use environments, titled "Adaptive Transit: Enhancing Suburban Transit Services."  Mr. Beutler graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Management from Missouri State University, summa cum laude.