Qamar & Associates

• Overview
  • Architecture and town-planning practice led by Laurence Qamar, based in Portland, OR, focused on sustainable urbanism and organic, block-by-block town growth.
• People
  • Laurence Qamar — town planner and architect
• Notable Work
  • Seabrook — town planning / design
  • Bella Beach — oceanfront neighborhood design
  • Woodbury — town planning / design
  • The Canals of Ellensburg — 211-acre walkable mixed-use neighborhood (Ellensburg, WA)
  • Olivia Beach — 12-acre coastal cottage village (Lincoln City, OR)
  • Other communities: Damascus (OR), West Corvallis (OR)

• Current Work

• Approach & Signature Ideas
  • “Scales of Community” framework
  • Sustainable Urbanism
  • Walkability, alley-loaded blocks, transect-based design, grid vs. organic street patterns, mid-block passages, polycentric growth
• Roles on TND Projects
  • Planner / Town Architect — Seabrook, Bella Beach, Woodbury, The Canals of Ellensburg, Olivia Beach
• Links & Resources
  • Sustainable Urbanism — Qamar and Associates
  • Source (background detail): Townbuilders podcast, ep. 306 (host Levi Wintz) — in Resources
• Notes
  • The Townbuilders episode spells the principal’s name “Laurence Qamar”; earlier vault notes used “Lawrence Qamar.”