WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE MORE SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENTS

THE URBAN COLLABORATIVE, LLC is an interdisciplinary design firm that focuses on helping our clients achieve their sustainability goals through engaging, educational, and efficient participatory processes tailored to each project’s scale, context, and culture. Our award-winning work addresses environmental, fiscal, and social sustainability in ways that support and enhance our clients’ missions.

While we complete private sector work for clients committed to advancing sustainability, most of our work is for U.S. federal agencies including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense. The Urban Collaborative also works on U.S. federal civil works projects prioritizing resilient systems by integrating regional master planning with capacity building among stakeholders. This includes teaching master planning PROSPECT courses to federal planners and practitioners. We have helped craft national policies, we teach from those policies, and we prepare plans aligned with those policies. Additionally, we focus on municipal planning for cities and counties throughout the country.

Work

Master Planning

We use a unique participatory process to create resilient plans for locations worldwide.

Urban Design

We make the connections between people and places, movement and urban form, nature and the built environment.

Architecture

We work with public and private clients as the Design Architect to create sustainable and affordable environments.

Training

We are recognized leaders in master planning curriculum development and education.

Resources

Articles and publications by
The Urban Collaborative team

Current policies and guidelines for
planning and design

Selected current and foundational
planning resources

Awards

Global Leader for 11 years in a row

11 National Awards in 2020-2021

11 National Awards in 2018-2019

16 National and Regional Awards since 2014-2018

Awards are one measure of quality and The Urban Collaborative is proud to have over 40 awards for master planning, area development plans, and environmental planning.

Recent News

September 12, 2023

Successful National Capital Planning Commission Review for US Secret Service Rowley Training Center Master Plan Update

Established by Congress in 1924, the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) is the federal government’s central planning agency for the National Capital Region (NCR). Through planning, policymaking, and project review of all federal and select local government projects in the NCR, NCPC protects and advances the federal government’s interest in the region’s […]

November 30, 2022

Fort Campbell, Kentucky Workshop

 The Urban Collaborative spent time at Fort Campbell, Kentucky to help define requirements for a new Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT). We spent time on site with their fantastic airfield management team, evaluating the existing ATCT to determine how to design a new one. For our team members who had […]

November 15, 2022

Planning Workshop at Ramstein Air Base, Germany

The Urban Collaborative participated in a workshop held at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, with our joint venture partner TranSystems. Our tasks were to develop a conceptual plan for a new Security Cooperation Events Center (SCEC) and Campus Plan for Ramstein Air Base. The SCEC will support USAFE-USAFRICA and other units […]