Since its inception, PLA has worked on urban design projects that build on a site’s rich history and ecology. We do so with the aim of making places for people and communities. Central to our award-winning designs is an understanding of the deeply rooted qualities of a place, its landscape, and communities that inhabit a site. Transformational strategies are generated to create communities and places that embody and support the evolving identity of a place, whether it is in an urban or suburban setting. Paul has written two books on urban design and how suburbs and mid-polis conditions can be transformed over time.
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Allston, Massachusetts, USA
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Revere, Massachusetts, USA
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Shenzhen, China
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Burlington, Massachusetts, USA
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Hong Kong, China
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Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA
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Somerville, Massachusetts, USA
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA
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Medfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA
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Akureyri, Iceland
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Seattle, Washington, USA
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Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China
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Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
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Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA
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Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China
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Westfield, Massachusetts, USA
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Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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Yuhang, China
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Zhoushan, China
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Montreal, Canada