Planning Supervisor
Arlington County, VA
Arlington, Virginia
Kris Krider, AICP joined the Arlington County, Virginia Planning Division in 2013 as the County Architect and Supervisor for the Urban Design Section. Kris has a Master of Architecture from the University of California at Berkley and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He completed post graduate work in economic development at the UNC’s School of Government and a year studying urban design in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kris has over 30 years of experience in successfully managing urban design, architecture and planning projects and programs for both the public and private sectors in San Francisco, California, Portland, Oregon, Cincinnati and several cities in North Carolina. Roles include planning director, planning and urban design consultant, urban design studio manager and adjunct professor at the University of Cincinnati.
Kris and his staff provide in-house architecture and landscape architectural technical review of current site plan projects, support long range planning projects such as small area plans and lead initiatives such as Biophilic Arlington and the Future of Outdoor Dining study. In 2025 Kris was elected as Chair for the Urban Design and Preservation Division.
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2026 Student Planning and Design Competition Final Presentations
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