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Master Planning + Urban Design

Master Planning + Urban Design

Specializing in master planning and urban design, we guide developments from vision through approvals with a rigorous, collaborative process. Our integrated approach helps clients, developers, and municipalities leverage opportunities, streamline approvals, and reduce risk. The result: connected communities with strong identities and resilient futures.

Our Master Planning and Urban Design team has proven experience in multiple facets of the process:

Zoning Analysis and Research 01
Community Engagement 02
Site Evaluation and Modeling 03
Design Guideline Development and Implementation 04
Feasibility and Yield Studies 05
Plan Development Approvals 06
Land Use Entitlement Approvals 07
Program Development 08
Rezoning Approvals 09
Site Plan Permits 10
Presenter talking to group of people seated around conference table in front of screen with master plan drawing.

A 50-Year Plan for Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct

With DIALOG, we’re updating the Long Term Vision and Plan for 35 buildings and the grounds of Parliament Hill, guiding 50 years of work on accessibility, security, sustainability, and visitor experience.

See the Parliamentary Precinct Long Term Vision and Plan Project
Aerial view of Canada’s Parliamentary Precinct overlooking the Ottawa River and downtown Ottawa.
Exterior of the Royal Veterinary College Student Learning Centre
Sunlit atrium with stairs, walkways, and visitors.

Planning Campus Growth at the Royal Veterinary College

Our master plan for the Royal Veterinary College’s Hertfordshire campus redrew the boundary with zones divided by green belts supporting growth of institutional facilities including a new Student Learning Centre.

See the Student Learning Centre, Royal Veterinary College Project
Commercial building complex along a waterfront at dusk.

Ambitious Riverfront Redevelopment in the UK

The $150M master plan reopens the riverfront with a hotel, five residential blocks, and a converted historic mill — all framed around sightlines to Peterborough’s 900-year-old Cathedral.

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