We Plan and Design Socially, Environmentally, and Economically Sustainable Communities.
Architecture, Town Planning & urban design
Laurence Qamar is a Town Planner, Urban Designer, and Architect with 35 years of professional experience consulting for private developers and public jurisdictions throughout the United States. Laurence’s particular expertise in New Urbanism and Sustainable Urbanism has led the design and implementation of projects for:
Main street and urban revitalization
Urban mixed-use building design
Neighborhood housing infill
New neighborhood development
Pedestrian / transit-oriented planning
Suburban redevelopment
Sustainable planning
Urban/architectural graphic design standards
Housing design
Main street and urban revitalization
Urban mixed-use building design
Neighborhood housing infill
New neighborhood development
Pedestrian / transit-oriented planning
Suburban redevelopment
Sustainable planning
Urban/architectural graphic design standards
Housing design
Laurence is committed to working in multidisciplinary design teams that unite the interests and expertise of market analysts, transportation planners, developers, governments, and citizens. Through an explorative and collaborative design process, he creates solutions to complex development and planning opportunities. Laurence has worked extensively as a design professional, facilitator, and organizer of over 50 public design Charrettes.
Through frequent lecturing, he also promotes Sustainable Urbanism, main street revitalization, commercial strip retrofitting, and Smart Development to citizens groups, and professional conferences.
Laurence worked with Duany Plater-Zyberk (now DPZ Co. Design), Architects, and Town Planners, as a Project Manager and Designer on public and private planning Charrettes throughout the United States and Canada. His earlier architecture internship was completed while working in New York City and Aspen, Colorado. We have continued to work with DPZ Co. Design, collaboratively to this day.
He received a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Miami. Professional affiliations include the American Institute of Architecture and the Congress for New Urbanism.
