PLACEMAKING STUDIO co-creates buildings and places,  some permanent, some temporary, but all are ultimately "completed" by the life that inhabits them. We work with collaborative teams of socially-minded designers, placemakers, organizations, neighborhoods and citizens on projects that connect people to each other and to where they live.


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Tina Govan

Tina has been principal of her own firm in downtown Raleigh, NC for over 25 years  producing work that has been widely published and recognized. She holds a Master of Architecture from M.I.T. and has worked in a wide range of cultural settings, from West Africa and Japan to Boston, North Carolina and California. She is proud to be a regional leader in the PlacemakingUS network and its United Streets of America program. She co-founded the NC AIA Activate initiative, aimed at strengthening the civic role of architects, and initiated the Placemaking Raleigh program to facilitate bottom-up placemaking in Raleigh. She cares deeply about her region and making where she lives better.