Dede Christopher, AICP, ASAI
Planner + Architectural Designer + Architectural Illustrator
Dede brings over 40 years of expertise in architectural design, urban planning, and architectural illustration to the team. As the UC’s primary graphic illustrator, her watercolor, SketchUp, and Photoshop renderings play a crucial role in conveying the firm’s planning and conceptual design narratives. Before joining The Urban Collaborative in 2017, Dede was the founder and principal of Christopher Illustration, a firm dedicated to fostering healthy urban environments and sustainable design strategies. For over 28 years, her company served clients across the U.S. and abroad, contributing to numerous award-winning projects in planning, architecture, and illustration.
With experience facilitating, designing, and illustrating at over 160 design charrettes and planning workshops worldwide, Dede’s work has been widely published in periodicals, books, and educational texts spanning architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, and sustainable design. Since joining the UC, she has been a key contributor to over 30 Area Development Plans and the design of 24 buildings for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Joint Base installations, and public sector projects.
