Civic Design Associates

Civic Design Associates is an integrated urban planning and architecture firm dedicated to solving the complex and interrelated problems of contemporary urban development. We offer a full range of services including: Urban redevelopment plans and consulting Community planning, town planning, and new development planning Design of streetscape enviro... nments and civic spaces Development of regulations and land development codes Urban architecture, focusing on higher density housing alternatives, traditional neighborhood development, architecture, and mixed-use building types. A community-based design process that makes extensive use of charrettes and public design workshops Based in Houston, Texas, CDA's work is international in scope, although we concentrate primarily in Texas and Florida. These two high-growth, sunbelt states have rapidly evolved from rural environments to experiencing persistent, explosive growth in a few large metropolitan regions of primarily low density, auto-oriented, suburban sprawl.Read More