glaserworks
It is literally against the law almost everywhere in the United States to build the kind of places that Americans
themselves consider authentic and traditional. It is against the law to build places that human beings can feel good in, or afford to live in.
t is against the law to build places that are worth caring about.
We can build Main Street and Elm Street and still park our cars. It is within our power to create places that are worthy of our affection.
James Howard Kunstler; Home from Nowhere
The Mixed Use Studio of glaserworks leads multi-disciplinary professional teams to design mixed use neighborhoods, spaces and buildings. We follow a passionate belief that carefully designed, compact neighborhoods that hold a healthy mix of uses, a pedestrian-friendly public realm, and context sensitive buildings and open space create a high, sustainable quality of life for their inhabitants, neighbors, communities and developers.
Great placemaking is a challenging, collaborative, and complex endeavor which requires more than copying .the look. of something else seen somewhere else. The Mixed Use Studio of glaserworks has an in-depth understanding of the fundamental issues behind creating comfortable places to live, work and shop and the open spaces that knit those places together. We understand the science of placemaking.
Our knowledge of great mixed use neighborhood and building design comes from the study of old and new neighborhoods, and our own experience in creating great neighborhoods and mixed use projects. This knowledge helps us aid developers in generating a vision for a project that will engender support within the community and can be successfully navigated through the entitlement process. We understand the art of placemaking.
Whether we are designing an urban infill building or a suburban greenfield neighborhood, we employ our experiences and skills in a thoughtful manner to create places worth financing, worth building and worth caring about.
It's part art. It's part science. It's all about placemaking.
