“The firm provides a great service to society, not only to its developer-clients
but also to the inhabitants of the buildings; not only to the cities where they
set their superb standard but also to the generation of young architects,
demonstrating to them how it should be done.”
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany
Passionate about
Passionate about designing buildings and
neighborhoods that quietly transform the urban environment, Torti Gallas
is committed to improving cities, towns, and distressed communities
throughout the United States and around the world. The firm’s
recent work spans 37 states and fifteen countries, and includes individual
buildings, neighborhoods, and entire urban districts, featuring
mixed-use apartment buildings, mixed-income and military housing, and
planned communities.
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Architects of Community
Architects of Community shows how the firm has
combined the disciplines of architecture, planning, and urban design
into a single practice, creating housing and mixed-use buildings that
bring catalytic change to urban neighborhoods: the mixed-use
apartment buildings, rowhouses, and single-family homes that comprise
the fabric of a city. Their work hearkens back to a tradition that,
before World War II, created some of the country’s finest neighborhoods,
including Forest Hill Gardens in Queens, Rittenhouse
Square in Philadelphia, and Russian Hill in San Francisco.
Beautifully Illustrated
Fully illustrated with hundreds of photographs,
renderings, and plans, and containing informative essays on the firm’s
methodology and philosophy, Architects of Community features sixty built
and ongoing projects and shows how Torti Gallas
is dedicated to raising the level of this architecture to a new high.
