Qamar and Associates Inc. are town planners, urban designers, and architects with 30 years of professional experience consulting for both private developers and public jurisdictions throughout the United States. Laurence Qamar’s expertise in New Urbanism, and Sustainable Development has led the strategic design and implementation of urban place- making for: Main street and downtown revitalizations; Urban mixed-use building design;Missing middle housing infill; New neighborhood development; Pedestrian/transit oriented planning; Walkable/bikable suburban redevelopment; Sustainable planning; Urban / architectural Form Based Codes; Housing design.

Laurence leads collaborative multi-disciplinary design teams and has worked extensively as a design professional, facilitator, and organizer of over 100 public planning charrettes. Since 1993, he has continually collaborated with renowned urbanists Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (DPZ Co-Design) on public and private planning charrettes throughout North America.