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SERVICES

KELLENBERG STUDIO

Urban Planning & Design

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Kellenberg Studio is a boutique urban planning and urban design firm specializing in new communities, town centers, redevelopment planning and conservation development.  Its founder, Steven Kellenberg, has experience leading projects in the US and world-wide while working for both international consulting firms and the private development community. Steven has also presented his expertise at a wide range of events some of which are listed below.

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NEW COMMUNITY DESIGN

  • Global Patterns for Low Carbon Development, USGBC Greenbuild, 2009

  • Design Strategies for the Fast Growing Mature Household Market ULI Fall Conference, Las Vegas, NV, October 2007

  • Designing the Canvas CCAPA, San Jose, CA, October 2007

  • New Ideas in New Urbanism PCBC, San Francisco, CA, May 2007

  • New Communities: Mixed Use & Green/Sustainable & Profitable Spring Conference, ULI, Daybreak, South Jordan, UT April 2006

  • Town and Evolution: Trending in New Communities Real Estate Trends (ULI), Phoenix, AZ, January 2006

  • Developing Master Planned Communities: Partnering for Success, ULI, Denver Marriott Tech Center, June 2005

  • ULI Real Estate Trends, ULI, Phoenix, AZ, January 2006

  • Town and Evolution: Trending in New Communities Real Estate Trends (ULI), Phoenix, AZ, January 2006

  • Developing Master Planned Communities: Partnering for Success, ULI, Denver Marriott Tech Center, June 2005

  • Aurora Charrette Lead, Urbex, Australia, Brisbane, Australia, October2005

  • Working with the Public Sector Developing Master Plan Communities: Partnering for Success (ULI), Denver Marriott Tech Center, June2005

  • Closing Address Robert Charles Lessor Retreat, Santa Barbara, CA, September 2005

  • Land Development Delivery Systems-What’s Yours and Why? Urban Land Institute (ULI), 2004

  • "The Real Estate Development Process: Part I, ULI Conference, San Francisco, CA May 2003

  • "Developing Master-Planned Communities, ULI Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, June 2003

  • Best Management Practices: New Trends in Delivery Systems, Urban Land Institute, 2002

  • Best of Best Developing Master Planned Communities: Reinventing & Repositioning for the Future, Urban Land Institute, 2002

  • Best Management Practices Land Pricing Techniques & New Trends in Land Delivery Systems, Urban Land Institute, 2001

  • Overview & History of Master Planned Communities, Urban Land Institute, 2001

  • "Creating 21st Century Communities: Guiding Principles & Strategies from Vision to Implementation," Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 2001

  • "Design Trends for Large Scale, High-Velocity Master Planned Communities," Urban Land Institute, 2001

  • Opportunities & Pitfalls in Master Planned Communities, Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 1999

  • Traditional Neighborhood Design, Building Industry Association (BIA), Orange County

  • Pushing the Envelope on Community Character, Does it Add Value?, Urban Land Institute

  • Current Trends/New Community Design, Urban Land Institute – Florida

  • New Community Planning Process, University of California, Irvine

  • Rancho Santa Margarita, a Viable Smart Growth Model - Urban Land Institute

  • Values Oriented Research in Neighborhood Design, Urban Land Institute

TOWN CENTERS / MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT

  • Re-imaging Public Spaces to be Purposeful Spaces, ULI-Orange County, PCBC, 2009

  • Urban Overlay Zones: A New Tool for Planning & Managing Urban Development PCBC, San Francisco, CA, June 2006

  • Working with the Public Sector Developing Master Plan Communities: Partnering for Success (ULI), Denver Marriott Tech Center, June 2005

  • Mixed-Use Core and & New Communities, ULI, Woodlands, TX, December 2005

  • Neutralizing NIMBYism: How to Gain Support for Multifamily Projects Urban Land Institute (ULI), 2004 Multifamily Trends Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2004

  • Building Community Place & Possibility, Pacific Coast Builders Conference, 2000

  • Town Center & Mixed Use Design University of Southern California

SUSTAINABILITY

  • Developing + Investing Green: The Future is now. Are you Ready?, ULI: Developing Green, 2009

  • Make the Smart Moves First, AIA, 2009

  • Keynote Address, Florida Green Building Coalition- Green Development Conference, 2009

  • Keynote Address Low Carbon, Low Water Communities in a Recovering World Market Greenbuild South Asia, Singapore, 2009

  • Global Patterns for Low Carbon Development, USGBC Greenbuild, 2009

  • Low Carbon, Low Water Communities in a Recovering World Market, Keynote Address Greenbuild South Asia, 2009

  • Creating Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Succeeding in Florida’s Unique Environment, ULI Orlando, 2008

  • Water: The New Development Constraint, ULI Fall Meeting, 2008

  • Sustainable Site Planning and Implementation Strategies ECOBuild America, Anaheim, CA, May 2007

  • Nurturing Growth in a Climate Changing Environment, ULI Orange County, 2007

  • Integrated Design and Technology, Construction and Occupancy Municipal Green Building Conference, Tom Bradley Green Technology Institute, Downey, CA, April 2007

  • The Green Scene Doesn’t Have to be Mean APA, Garden Grove, CA, October 2007

  • Sustainable Site Planning and Implementation Strategies ECOBuild America, Anaheim, CA, May 2007

  • Formation of a Green Community San Diego Green 2006, AIA, San Diego, September 2006

  • Urban Overlay Zones: A New Tool for Planning & Managing Urban Development PCBC, San Francisco, CA, June 2006

  • New Communities: Mixed Use & Green/Sustainable & Profitable Spring Conference, ULI, Daybreak, South Jordan, UT April 2006

  • Creating & Implementing a Sustainable Development Program, ULI Policy Forum Developing Sustainable Communities, Washington, DC, March 2005

  • Making Green Make Sense: Market-Driven Approaches to Planning & Developing Sustainable Communities, Greenbuild, Portland, OR, November 2004

  • Shades of Green: High Performance New Communities What Works and What Doesn’t, Greenprints 2004: Sustainable Communities by Design Conference + Trade Show, Atlanta, GA, March 2004

  • Land Development Delivery Systems-What’s Yours and Why? Urban Land Institute (ULI),2004 ULI Spring Council Forum, New Orleans, LA, May 2004

  • The Nuts and Bolts of Green Community Development Urban Land Institute (ULI), 2004

  • Green Communities Panel, Pacific Coast Builders™ Conference (PCBC), San Francisco, CA, June 2004

  • Shades of Green: High Performance New Communities What Works and What Doesn’t, Greenprints 2004: Sustainable Communities by Design Conference + Trade Show, Atlanta, GA, March 2004

  • The Cost of Green, Speaker, California Chapter American Planning Association (CCAPA), Palm Springs, CA, October 2004
    "Bottom Line of Green Building OR/WA APA Conference, Portland Oregon, October 2004

  • Green Goes Mainstream- A Trend with Staying Power, UCLA Extension Land Use Law and Planning Conference, Los Angeles, CA, January, 2004

  •  "Sustainable Development: Myths and Realities, ULI Las Vegas District Council Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, June 2003

  • Green Communities and Terramor, BIA Orange County Green Building Meeting, Irvine, CA, October 2003

  • "Cost/Benefit Analysis of Sustainable Development, ULI Trends Conference, Denver, CO, September 2003

  • "Orange County Builders Going Green, 2003 Pacific Coast Builders Conference, San Francisco, CA, June 2003

LECTURES + INSTRUCTION

  • Associate Professor, University of Southern California, Masters of Real Estate Program

  • Guest Lecturer and Critic, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design

  • Guest Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley

  • Guest Lecturer, University of California, Irvine

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