Houseal Lavigne

Houseal Lavigne is an urban planning, design, and geospatial solutions firm that works with communities, regions, and institutions. The site describes more than 20 years of practice combining planning, geospatial intelligence, visualization, and design.

Community planning and urban design work runs from regions and downtowns to neighborhoods, corridors, waterfronts, and catalyst sites, with planners, architects, urban designers, and geospatial specialists working together on pedestrian environments, districts, and public spaces. Engagement processes mix in-person and digital tools and are tailored to each community.

On the regulatory side, the firm modernizes zoning ordinances, development codes, and design standards, balancing conventional zoning, form-based tools, design standards, and incentives rather than applying one template. It uses geospatial analysis, procedural modeling, and 3D visualization to evaluate existing regulations and test proposed changes before adoption, and says its zoning solutions draw on experience across hundreds of communities.

Its digital twin and smart cities practice turns GIS data into data-rich 3D environments for scenario modeling and decision support, ranging from renderings and animations to fully interactive environments. The firm works from Chicago (188 W Randolph Street, Suite 200), Los Angeles, Seattle, and Milwaukee. Fees are per engagement and are not published.