Able City is a sustainable, multidisciplinary firm focused on urbanism, architecture, economic development, and city-making. Our team members are dedicated community builders committed to the unique mission of transforming urban spaces to respond to people’s needs by creating environments that encourage growth, innovation, and prosperity. Our belief in empowering communities to discern their needs has led them to collaborate with community members, clients, and partners to shape an ambitious and tangible urban development vision.
Our Vision is to become a sustainable, multidisciplinary firm while advancing shared value with the community and other stakeholders and having developed the capabilities to compete Texas-wide with any company while enabling and supporting the professional and personal well-being of the firm’s team and leadership.
MASTERPLANS
URBAN
DESIGN
DESIGN
COMPREHENSIVE
PLANS
PLANS
LAND DEVELOPMENT
MARKET
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
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STRATEGIES
STRATEGIES
MARKET STUDY
TRANSPORTATION
PLANS
PLANS
COMMUNITY
ADVOCACY
ADVOCACY
COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
ENGAGEMENT
CHARRETTES
Building
CONNECTION.
Architecutre,
Urbanism,
Economic
development,
City-Making...
GOOD DESIGN
places every
piece of
the puzzle.
Architecture
Able City situates its architectural practice in place and history, applying forward-thinking and sustainable design principles to the unique needs of communities in South Texas.
Economic Development
Economic development sets virtuous cycles in motion. Able City believes investing in communities is one way to make sure citizens receive support at all levels.
Urbanism
Able City commits to an inclusive design process that leads not only to better results, but to the kinds of urban space people feel proud to make their own.
City-Making
Able City believes a committed relationship between policy-makers and citizens does not happen without effort, or intention. It can be served through design.
Del Rio Comprehensive Plan
El Metro Transit Comprehensive Operational Analysis
Smart Cities Roadmap
Cathedral Restoration in South Texas – Able City
El Milagro Community Development – Able City
Eagle Pass Downtown Revitalization – Able City
Boulevard of the Americas Project – Able City
Viva Laredo Comprehensive Plan – Able City
Laredo College Science Complex – Able City
Canseco House Rehabilitation – Able City
Treviño–Uribe Rancho Restoration – Able City
What are we
committed to?
Decades of designing in both the public and private sector taught us that for architecture to remain relevant, it would need to fulfill a purpose beyond the production of buildings for profits. Design solutions would need to rise and respond to twenty-first century challenges.
In integrating four disciplines (architecture, urbanism, community engagement, and economic development), Able City considers buildings to be a project of drawing many things — people, ideas — together.
