The firm has designed over 500,000 residential units throughout its history.
Torti Gallas has planned and designed over 2,500 residential and mixed-use communities.
Torti Gallas has worked with over 100 municipalities across the United States to improve urban planning and design.
Torti Gallas is one of the nation’s leading planners and architects of affordable housing. To date, we have designed over 40,000 affordable and workforce housing units that are built and occupied. We have become a leader in this field by listening to residents, community stakeholders, and clients to understand the needs of residents, and by balancing those needs with budgetary realities. Our designs strive to create housing for low-income residents that is as attractive as the inter-mixed market-rate housing, making the overall community a highly valued place to live.

We are committed to repairing the mistakes of 50 years of automobile oriented development that has overseen the degradation of the public realm and sponsored the dual problems of urban divestment and suburban sprawl. Significant opportunities, both in central cities through infill development that creates value and takes advantage of existing infrastructure; as well as in the suburbs, by making walkable places that nurture civic life and that bring amenities that provide convenience and occasion for placemaking.

Making a memorable and authentic place that can be an appropriate venue and focus for community life is the fundamental goal of creating a successful Town Center. Among the aspects of design that should be considered simultaneously to realize such a Place are:
· Making walkable streets and squares that enable and support civic life;
· providing appropriate character to support the place’s brand;
· creating a rich arrival sequence,
· placing the right anchor and in-line stores in the right locations,
· locating and sizing parking and services appropriately; and
· transitioning between the mixed-use center to the surrounding neighborhoods, which contributes significantly to the walkability of the entire area.
