Stan Clauson
Aspen Landscape Architecture, Aspen Landscape Architect, Aspen Planning Consultant, Aspen Urban Planner, Aspen Urban Design, Aspen Resort Development, Aspen Urban Regional Planner, Aspen Private Sector Planner
Stan Clauson has over 30 years experience in planning, landscape architecture, and urban design. His work has come to focus on planning and design issues relating to resort environments. He holds a Masters Degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard's Graduate School of Design, and has served as planning director for the cities of Aspen, Colorado and Montpelier, Vermont. His career began as urban design planner for the city of Newton, Massachusetts and continued in public service positions and private practice in New England and the West. A former president of the Massachusetts Association of Consulting Planners, and past president of the American Planning Association Colorado Chapter, he is active in professional groups and a frequent speaker on transportation and resort planning issues at conferences. This has carried with it a strong international orientation, and Stan has lectured in Switzerland, France, Austria, and Japan on resort development issues. He serves on the Education Committee of the American Planning Association and is a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Institute of Transportation Engineers, and the Urban Land Institute. In 2022, Stan was inducted as a Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, one of the profession’s highest honors. An avid skier, student of languages, and yoga practitioner, Stan brings a broad range of experience to his work.
“When we shape the land to live & eat & build communities, we are nature too.”