PlaceWorks is a 100% employee-owned planning, design, and environmental consulting firm. As our name suggests, we’re all about places and how they work—geographically, environmentally, functionally, aesthetically, and culturally—but we’re also passionate about how we work, both as a company and with each other.

As employee-owners, we’re proud to contribute to a field devoted to improving our environment, communities, and institutions.

Quality. Our staff is conscientious, and our standards are high. We are proud to stand behind our work.

Responsiveness. We listen to our clients’ goals and tailor our plan of action to meet their specific needs. 

Respect. We respect people and our planet by creating successful, sustainable projects that respond to public concerns and work in harmony with the physical setting. 

Creativity. We use our experience, passion, and intelligence to approach problems from different perspectives and to propose innovative solutions.

Results. We maximize the value of our clients’ resources to achieve responsive, effective, and implementable results.

Integrity. We conduct ourselves with integrity in all our operations—fostering interactions and outcomes that are ethical, honest, responsible, and fair.

PlaceWorks was founded in 1975 as The Center for Planning & Research and modeled after the principles of the Bauhaus School of Design in Germany, which aimed to bring design disciplines together and integrate individual work efforts into a greater whole.

PlaceWorks’ commitment to integrative planning and design drove the firm’s expansion into new fields, including environmental science and analysis, and school facilities planning. Today our offerings include a comprehensive range of planning, design, and environmental services.