Urban design is a process rather than a product. It connects disciplines, integrating economic, engineering, environmental and social requirements to design and deliver high quality places that people want to be a part of.

Beca's team of urban designers have backgrounds in planning, architecture, landscape urbanism, and design skills and experience gained across New Zealand, Australia and internationally. We are a design-driven, environmentally responsible and people-focused team – and we ‘speak engineer'.

Our design projects range from local landscape architecture improvements to large, complex infrastructure. We have particular strengths in balancing land use, built form and transport requirements, and we work through the whole project life cycle from concept to delivery – including working closely with local planning authorities to ensure approval of the project’s master plans.

Our design guidance includes urban and landscape design frameworks and urban revitalisation design strategies. We are also well established in the review and assessment space, with experience on design panels and in District Plan review, policy drafting and Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design.


Urban Planning Services

Our urban planners are experts in city building and comprehensive town planning solutions, with years of experience in planning design processes for cities and town centres across Asia Pacific.

Acting as an extension of your teams, we invite you to harness our commercial expertise on a range of projects across Australia, New Zealand and beyond. We thrive on turning complexity into opportunity to deliver strategic city planning solutions for your development.

We always prioritise due diligence before sharing recommendations with your team, and support you throughout all development applications and negotiated approvals for your projects.

Te Awamutu Recreation Hub
Otara Linkages Project, Auckland
North Onepoto Footbridge, Auckland
Tauranga City Centre Spatial Framework
Tauranga City Centre Spatial Framework
Cambridge North Structure Plan and Design
Te Awamutu Recreation Hub

Our People

Annette Jones

Senior Technical Director - Urban Design

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Stuart Bowden

Principal - Landscape Architecture

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