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.

Allston, Massachusetts, USA

Revere, Massachusetts, USA

Shenzhen, China

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Burlington, Massachusetts, USA

Hong Kong, China

Sturbridge, Massachusetts, USA

Somerville, Massachusetts, USA

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Foxborough, Massachusetts, USA

Medfield, Massachusetts, USA

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA

Akureyri, Iceland

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Seattle, Washington, USA

Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province, China

Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA

Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China

Westfield, Massachusetts, USA

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Yuhang, China

Zhoushan, China

Montreal, Canada