about us
Lew Oliver and P. Allen Smith are passionate about improving the lives of others and the environment through thoughtful and stylish design, authenticity, and sustainable practices. These hallmarks of their work differentiate them with fresh and creative ideas for the built environment.
lew oliver
PRINCIPAL
New Town & Housing Designer
“By employing New Urbanist principles and the mutualistic relationship between humans and nature, we masterfully design towns that foster a model of healthy and sustainable growth.”
Lew Oliver is an Atlanta-based urbanist, master planner, and designer with more than a decade of experience in advancing New Urbanism and residential design.
Oliver has also curated a versatile, but exclusive, design collection comprised of highly marketable plans with stylish, timeless exteriors. Most recent displays of his work can be found at Pinewood Forest in Fayetteville, Georgia and Hartness in Greenville, South Carolina.
Oliver designs with each community’s values, local vernacular and climate in mind.
P. Allen Smith
Principal
landscape designer
“Each of us has a responsibility to be better stewards of the planet. Today, we must not only conserve what we have but reverse the damage done to the environment. Good design is part of the solution.”
P. Allen Smith has parlayed a lifelong passion for the natural world into a career that allows him to share garden, home, and lifestyle knowledge and insights with a worldwide audience.
As a conservationist, author, and television host, he is a trusted resource for tried-and-true methods as well as cutting-edge knowledge in the small farm, garden, and ecological communities. Whether it’s old-school flocks, eating local, or green innovations, he combines them all at the farm he designed at Moss Mountain—a place grounded in history, inspired by his southern upbringing, and guided by modern-day application. He has designed landscapes around the US for over 30 years, all with a unique regard for the environment.
paul murrain
Director of the Built Environment
urban design consultant
“Learning from the lessons of the past with a focus on the future needs of the built environment are requisites for creating successful and vibrant communities.”
Paul Murrain is a London-based urban design consultant, and former Senior Lecturer and Graduate Diploma Course Chairman at the Joint Centre for Urban Design in Oxford, England.
From May 2002-April 2005, he was Senior Design Director at HRH The Prince of Wales’ Foundation for the Built Environment. Paul worked closely on the Prince’s new urban village, Poundbury in Dorset, UK.
He is an original member of the Congress for the New Urbanism in the USA and a signatory to the New Urbanist Charter.