MBL Planning is a composite design studio that includes architects with active licenses in 25 states, award winning urban designers, and certified planners with both public and private sector experience. Our unique perspective on development is an alloy of our work, which occurs at three different scales:    

 

City - We create award-winning municipal planning projects that are changing the way cities think about entitlement, permitting, and housing policy. Together with our partners at Pattern Zones Co, we solve tough problems around issues like affordability and neighborhood infill by placing design at the center of the conversation.

 

Site - We work for developers, architects, municipalities, and non-profits to produce urban design concepts that unite diverse constituencies around compelling visions for future development. Our collaborative process threads conceptual plans through permitting and construction, maintaining the vision throughout.

 

Building - Good buildings deliver value to their owner, great buildings also deliver it to their community. Our work prioritizes place over object, people over cars, and character over style. The greatest aspiration we have is to make buildings that last simply because people love having them around.

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Leadership - Matthew Hoffman AIA is President of MBL Planning, and President/Co-Founder of Pattern Zones Company. Over ten years with the City of Fayetteville Arkansas, Mr. Hoffman served as Chairman of the Planning Commission, the Board of Adjustments, and the city’s Long Range Planning Committee. His work in architecture and urbanism has been recognized by state and national awards from the American Institute of Architects, World Architecture News, the American Planning Association, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Hoffman has been an invited speaker on architecture and planning topics at various events with the Urban Land Institute, the American Planning Association, the American Institute of Architects, and the Congress for the New Urbanism. Mr. Hoffman’s portfolio at MBL Planning currently includes urban design projects in four different states, and he is a member of the master planning and architectural design team for Walmart’s new 350-acre Home Office in Bentonville Arkansas. In 2021, Hoffman was welcomed to membership in The Urban Guild.