Designing For Cities

Designing a print piece or a landing page comes with its own challenges, but designing for cities? That’s a feat in itself. Join us for a discussion on the building the ultimate user-experience for well…us. Urban planning not only affects how we interact with a city and communities today, but it can affect generations beyond ours.

About Dennis Madsen

Manager of Long-Range and Urban Planning, City Of Huntsville

Dennis Madsen, AICP, received his Masters in Architecture from Georgia Tech in 1996 and subsequently spent two decades working for private-sector architecture, urban design and community planning firms in Atlanta.

His experience ranged from small-scale infill and mixed-use projects to public housing redevelopment efforts and master plans for major downtowns.  In 2013, he joined the City of Huntsville as the Manager of Urban and Long-Range Planning, and he has since then been leading the award-winning comprehensive planning effort known as “The BIG Picture”.  Dennis lives on Monte Sano with his wife Laura Lester (Huntsville High, class of ’86) and son Adlai (New Century High, class of ’26).