Planning for a hundred tomorrows.

The article features William L. Pereira, prize-winning architect from Southern California who specializes in master planning. The biggest projects he has underway in the state are Irvine Ranch, Santa Catalina Island and Mountain Park. Pereira looks into the past to aid in his planning. He studied universities and university towns developed in the past before designing the University of California at Irvine. He has also visited cities and island communities before starting to master-plan Santa Catalina Island.