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Peter
Crowley

RLA, Partner
ALEXANDRIA, VA
pcrowley@landdesign.com

Joining LandDesign in 1979, Peter Crowley established the Alexandria office in 1983 and is a Partner who participates in multidisciplinary teams domestically and internationally, with the stated objective of creating a balance between market forces and design aspirations.

With 32 years experience, Mr. Crowley has used his planning skills to craft a wide variety of compelling projects involving town planning, urban infill, mixed-use, and master planned communities. He actively advocates aligning client needs with market conditions, bringing stakeholders together, embracing and sustaining the environment, and differentiating a place to engage the user. And his dedication to creating memorable space and developing community through design has been an integral part of the firm’s development and the marketable success of our clients.

Over the last five years, Mr. Crowley has been active on projects in China, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. He also continues to focus in the United States in the Mid Atlantic and Southeast on transit-oriented development, town center design, and innovative master-planned communities. Among his most notable projects are Moorefield, a 600-acre transit-oriented mixed-use development that includes four distinct neighborhoods tied together by a uniform design theme, and Wuhan Research Park, a 2,234-acre mixed-use university and software research park west of Shanghai in China.

Mr. Crowley earned a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia and is a registered landscape architect in Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, and New Jersey. He is also a member of several professional organizations, including the American Society of Landscape Architects, Urban Land Institute, and American Planning Association.

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, Sustainability: Is It Even Relevant Anymore?, Urban Land Institute Resort Development, March 2009

Speaker, Land Planning: Doing it Right, National Association of Home Builders, January 2009

Speaker, Collaborative Approach to Planning, Next Steps in the Housing Market Symposium, April 2008

Speaker, Obstacles to Change: How Urban Design Helps to Overcome Them, University of California Berkley and Toyota Meeting of the Minds Conference, September 2007, Berkley, CA

Speaker, The Role of Land Planning in Development, George Washington University School of Business, September 2007, Washington, DC

Speaker, Benefits and Challenges of Mixed-Use Development, International Council of Shopping Centers Idea Exchange Alliance Program, July 2007

Speaker, Village and Town Centers: The Right Scale for Your Project, Urban Land Institute Master Planned Communities Conference, June 2007

Speaker, The New Active Adult Community: Addressing Lifestyle Diversity, National Association of Home Builders' Building for Boomers and Beyond 50+ Housing Symposium, May 2007

Presenter, Waterfront Development Design Principles, LaBash Workshop for National Student Leadership Conference, January 2006

Speaker, The Active Adult Community Experience, National Association of Home Builders, January 2006

Speaker, The Seven Principles of Master Planning, Urban Land Institute Washington: The Real Estate Development Process, March 2005, Washington, DC

Speaker, Discussion Seminar for Development Professionals, Urban Land Institute Breakfast Roundtable: Real Estate Trends, March 2005, Washington, DC

Publications

Author, "Sustainable Design in Emerging Markets," Urban Land Magazine, November/December 2009