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Gary Lawrence is Arup’s Urban Strategy Leader providing thought leadership for strategic urban development throughout the firm’s 86 global offices. He is the driving force behind Arup’s vision to create communities of the present and future that address human need and environmental limitations. Gary’s roots are planted in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. As Redmond City Manger Gary turned the first shovel of dirt on the development of Microsoft’s campus then, as Planning Director for the City of Seattle, went on to lead development of the first municipal sustainability-focused comprehensive plan in the world: Toward a Sustainable Seattle. National and international recognition of his work soon followed and Gary has subsequently served as advisor to the Clinton Administration's Council on Sustainable Development, the UN’s Habitat II, the US Agency for International Development, the Brazilian President’s Office, the British Prime Minister’s Office, the European Academy for the Urban Environment in Berlin, and the Office of Economic and Community Development (OECD) on matters of sustainable development and environmental policy.

Arup is a firm of 9000 engineers, designers, planners, and scientists who have come together to realize their founder’s vision of shaping a better world for the citizens of today and tomorrow. Arup’s influence extends throughout the world with 86 offices in 37 countries on five continents.

Gary Lawrence is Arup’s Urban Strategy Leader providing thought leadership for strategic urban development throughout the firm’s 86 global offices. He is the driving force behind Arup’s vision to create communities of the present and future that address human need and environmental limitations. Gary’s roots are planted in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. As Redmond City Manger Gary turned the first shovel of dirt on the development of Microsoft’s campus then, as Planning Director for the City of Seattle, went on to lead development of the first municipal sustainability-focused comprehensive plan in the world: Toward a Sustainable Seattle. National and international recognition of his work soon followed and Gary has subsequently served as advisor to the Clinton Administration's Council on Sustainable Development, the UN’s Habitat II, the US Agency for International…

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