Where will we live? Where will we shop? Can we utilize technology-enabled, data-informed innovations to make it functional, beautiful, and smart? Can we make it better? Our planners and designers brainstorm, plan, revise, revisit, and wrestle with all sorts of questions, while collaborating with communities, developers, and regulators. Together, we transform the most compelling questions into answers and ideas that unite people around a common vision: a better neighborhood, a better town, a better community.
The I-93 “Understory” project in Boston transforms a challenging urban environment into a community asset. Learn more.
Planning + Design
Featured Services
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Community Planning
Transforming communities requires long-range planning to improve mobility, build resilience, and contribute to economic vitality. From concept design, entitlements, approvals, and permitting to public engagement and stakeholder coordination, we collaborate with regulators, developers, and communities to make a vision reality. For VHB, planning is a strategic tool that can unlock today’s most challenging issues. It is collaborative and forward-thinking, involving diverse and innovative ideas to foster greater success.
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Landscape Architecture
Landscape architecture is sustainable, inspirational, and timeless. Our approach balances context-sensitivity and addresses placemaking at a variety of scales, all while reflecting our client’s values, goals and aspirations, and ecological objectives.
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Urban Design
Urban design sets a public realm framework that can stand the test of time, creating compelling places for tomorrow’s built environment. Celebrating the nexus between the natural and built environments, urban design promotes the healthy, livable, and sustainable communities for the future.
