What is Urban Design?
Urban design makes places more walkable, sustainable and liveable. Urban design is the key to making places that are successful socially, economically and environmentally... good to live in and attractive to visit. Urban design is the life between buildings. The art of creating places for people to live, work and play.
Who we are:
We want to partner with all Angelenos to transform Los Angeles into a collection of distinctive, healthy and sustainable neighborhoods. Urban Design Studio was created in late 2006 to provide urban design, landscape and architectural expertise to the Los Angeles Department of City Planning and more importantly to integrate the work of other City Agencies. Our mission is to assist others to think about our great City differently and to implement change. Our goal is to integrate urban design into the development of City policy by doing real planning, being efficient and effective, developing innovative solutions and engaging the community.
Some of our current projects:

 • Downtown Street & Urban Design Standards and Guidelines

 • Citywide Urban Design Principles

 • Studio Events
 • Signature Development Ordinance
 • Green Street Committee
 • Walkability Guidelines and Check List
 • Downtown Streets Standards Committee
 • 21st Century City Plan- Creation of Urban Design Standards and Guidelines
 • Consultant Services to Department of Transportation, Public Works, and Redevelopment Agency.

 

 

LOS ANGLELES DEPARTMENT OF CITY PLANNING
 200 N. Spring Street, Room 705, Los Angeles, CA 90012

 Phone (213) 978-1475 or (213) 978-0016

 

 Emily Gabel-Luddy, FASLA

 Emily.Gabel@lacity.org

 

 Simon Pastucha

 Simon.Pastucha@lacity.org