Cecily Bedwell

Principal @Design Collective, Inc.

Baltimore, MD, US

A Certified Planner and LEED Building Design + Construction Accredited Professional, Cecily has spent the past 24 years at Design Collective focusing on large-scale planning, campus master planning, and urban design and revitalization projects in the firm’s Urban Design Studio. As Principal, she oversees and manages the firm’s complex planning projects involving market and economic, traffic and transportation, environmental and public relations consultants. She has been instrumental in the master planning process for diverse urban, campus, and mixed-use projects, developing the urban and architectural design guidelines for nearly all of the firm’s large, mixed-use master plan projects.Ms. Bedwell has been involved in a broad range of participatory planning efforts including workshops and design charrettes. She is exceptionally skilled at collaborating with municipalities and institutions, developing appropriate and contextual master plans, concept plans, and design guidelines. She has worked closely with municipalities in revising their zoning regulations; preparing overlay zoning ordinances and Transit-Oriented Development language; and administering design guidelines for counties and private developers. Additionally, Ms. Bedwell was appointed by the County Executive to serve on the Baltimore County Design Review Panel.A proponent of the principles of urbanism, Ms. Bedwell has presented nationally and locally to developers, community groups, and public officials, advocating the benefits of sustainable, mixed-use development. Ms. Bedwell began her architectural career at the town planning firm of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company. She received her master’s degree in architecture from the University of Maryland and her bachelor’s degree in architectural history from Syracuse University.

Syracuse University

Bachelor of Arts, Architectural History

Syracuse University

Bachelor of Arts - BA, Architectural History

University of Maryland

Master of Architecture, Architecture

Syracuse University

Bachelor of Arts - BA in Architectural History, Architectural History