Montgomery County Planning Department
Luis Estrada is an accomplished Urban Designer and Planner Coordinator at the Montgomery County Planning Department since March 2008, where expertise includes developing urban design concepts and design guidelines for area master plans, such as the White Flint Sector Plan. Prior experience includes serving as a Project Manager and Designer at Zivkovic Connolly Architects from 2003 to 2008, focusing on high-end residential and commercial projects, and as an Associate Architect at Buttrick White & Burtis Architects from 1993 to 2002, managing institutional and commercial projects. Additionally, Luis Estrada contributed as an Adjunct Instructor at The City College of New York, teaching design studio courses from 1992 to 1999, and began a career in architecture at Kiss Cathcart Anders Architects from 1991 to 1993, designing for single-family residential and commercial clients. Educational qualifications include a Master of Architecture from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Design from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, School of Architecture.
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Montgomery County Planning Department
Montgomery Planning examines the past and present to plan for the brightest possible future for Montgomery County and its residents. Our research and expertise are informed by the needs and realities of the public to plan, design and enhance the best use of the county’s land and related resources. Montgomery Planning’s recommendations ensure that communities are designed and equipped to keep pace with the way we live, work and play now and decades from now. WHAT WE DO In brief, Montgomery Planning develops plans and sets policies to ensure that we have what we need as Montgomery County grows while preserving what’s good about what’s already in place. We do that through: • Cutting-edge research • Development of visionary plans • Reviewing development applications • Land use and zoning regulations • Historic preservation • Services for homeowners and landowners OUR STRUCTURE While Montgomery Planning is responsible for developing plans in Montgomery County, we’re not part of Montgomery County government, and we’re independent of the County Executive and County Council. We are part of The Maryland-National Capital Parks and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC), a state agency. M-NCPPC is the organization behind the brown signs you see around the county, especially in parks (and Montgomery Planning plans for those parks!) This unique structure allows the Planning Department to make independent, non-partisan recommendations for the good of the community to the Montgomery County Planning Board, County Council and other elected officials. For more information, please visit our website!