A PlaceMaking Journal

Wind Walk | Foothills, Alberta

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Mike Holmes is a Canadian celebrity with growing international acclaim. Famous as Canada’s Most Trusted Contractor, Mike is best known for his renovation rescues on the international hit television series Holmes on Homes. Wind Walk is Mike’s first venture into homebuilding at the community scale and Holmes Communities... Continue Reading
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National City, California

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PlaceMaker Howard Blackson led a downtown Specific Plan, Urban Design standards and project Environmental Impact Report for National City’s Redevelopment authority. The plan and EIR was adopted by the City Council in February 2005 after a two-year process. The project’s baseline operating system utilized the Form-Based... Continue Reading
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Town of Taos, New Mexico

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With three diverse cultural traditions and over 400 years of built history, the Town of Taos, New Mexico, is home to some of the most distinctive architectural and planning patterns in the United States. The historic district remains a 16th century Spanish village to this day. So, when it became apparent that the blunt... Continue Reading
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Buckley Ranch | Rocky View, Alberta

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PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) prepared a concept plan and conceptual scheme on a 85 acre site on behalf of Peters Dewald Land Company Inc. The Buckley Lands provide an opportunity for the M.D. of Rocky View to implement a more sustainable way of accommodating increasing growth pressure. (more…) Continue Reading
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Cochrane Lake | Rocky View, Alberta

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PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) were engaged in early 2008 to develop a Hamlet Plan for Cochrane Lake through an interactive on-site week-long public design charrette. Cochrane Lake is a small rural settlement just north of the City of Cochrane, and within the one-million acre rural Municipal District... Continue Reading
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Sage | Bruderheim, Alberta

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In the summer of 2008, PlaceMakers (operating originally as T-Six Urbanists) were engaged by Greenview Developments to conduct a week-long on-site public charrette to design a new neighborhood for the Town of Bruderheim's northwest quadrant. Bruderheim is a small prairie town located approximately 30kms northeast of Edmonton,... Continue Reading
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