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 40 years of professional experience consulting for private developers and public jurisdictions throughout the North America. 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
Qamar and Associates is committed to designing and implementing new and existing walkable urban neighborhoods, towns and villages that are socially, economically and environmentally diverse communities. A core principle in our work is to enable residents to walk from their home to work, shop, create, learn and play….as alternatives to needing to drive for all life’s needs. This is achieved by making streets and public spaces safe, convenient, interesting and useful places to walk to daily destinations.
For nearly four decades Laurence has designed and helped implement numerous award winning walkable communities. These successes are partially measured in terms of financial return for their developers, local jurisdictions, families and businesses who thrive in them, but also for the restoration of natural ecosystems that weave through and around these new communities.
Laurence assembles and guides multidisciplinary design teams that unite the interests and expertise of market analysts, transportation planners, developers, local governments, and citizens.
Through an explorative and collaborative design process, he creates eloquent solutions for complex development and planning opportunities. Laurence has worked extensively as a design professional, facilitator, and organizer of over 50 collaborative design Charrettes.
Though public lectures and published professional articles, he advocates to real estate development professionals, citizens groups, and planners about the benefits and successes of walkable urbanism, main street revitalization, commercial strip reformation, and diverse “middle housing” infill.
Prior to founding Qamar and Associates in 2002, Laurence worked with Duany Plater-Zyberk (now DPZ Co. Design) as Project Manager and Designer on public and private planning Charrettes through the United States and Canada. Through the years we have continued to collaborate with DPZ Co-Design.
His earlier architecture internship and professional licensure was completed working in New York City and Aspen, Colorado.
Laurence received a Bachelor of Architecture from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master of Architecture from the University of Miami. Professional affiliations include Architectural Registration, and memberships in the Congress for New Urbanism, and the Urban Guild.
