Planning + Urban Design
Perkins Eastman creates cities, places, and buildings of enduring memory and environmental and economic resilience that enrich the communities we serve.
In new and existing communities alike, the public realm relies on thoughtful planning. We develop the tools needed to guide these plans through the implementation process and transform them into reality. We help our clients translate their mission and needs into planning and urban-design frameworks that guide future architectural projects and other positive changes in the built environment.
Solutions that are unique to the place include: master plans for urban innovation; mixed-use; sports- and entertainment-related districts; downtown revitalization; large-scale waterfront development; district- and regional-scale resiliency strategies; transit-oriented development; and corridor plans that integrate transit and land use.
Our firm approaches these assignments as opportunities to build and shape great communities. We relish the chance to contribute to a community’s unique fabric and to create opportunities for people to connect to and guide their future.
Beyond Planning + Urban Design, Perkins Eastman’s PE Strategies division is dedicated to providing smart and implementable strategies for towns, cities, developers and landowners, and regional planning agencies. We build on 40 years of multidisciplinary expertise, including:
We help communities and landowners maximize the value of their assets and position themselves for a more economically, socially and environmentally resilient future every step of the way.
In “Exploring Equitable Reconnection,” our 2023 research fellow, Siobhan Mitchell, explores ways in which planners can leverage federal grants to successfully reconnect communities split apart by highway infrastructure in the mid-20th century.
“Waterfront Resilience: Forward Thinking about Nashville’s East Bank,” by Eric Fang and Vaughan Davies
Urban Land magazine, March, 2023
Planners must think differently as storm events multiply, Eric Fang argues in “Designing the Resilient Community.”
Published in the American Institute of Architects New York State quarterly magazine, Fall 2017
