Founded three years ago, Urban Design Group LLC is a Fells Point architecture and sustainable design service firm owned by President Michael John Burton, its principal investor and operator. 

Urban Design Group LLC provides innovative architectural and sustainable design services for residential, mixed-use, retail, corporate, institutional and urban design projects. Its clients include Caves Valley Partners, Union Box Company, Stonington Partners, Honeywell Corp. and Howard University. It is also designing a green roof for the $10 million Riverside Wharf project in South Baltimore. 

Urban Design Group employs seven: Burton, five architects and one marketing director. The company will hire another architect in the fall.