Professor  Jan Gehl 

 Partner GEHL Architects- Urban Quality

Title of presentation :Cities for People
 

Jan Gehl, born 1936. Architect MAA, Professor (ret.), Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Founding Partner: Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants. Author of Life between Buildings, Public Spaces - Public Life, New City Spaces and New City Life. Visiting Professor in Edinburgh, Oslo, Dresden, Toronto, Calgary, Melbourne, Perth, Berkeley, San Josè, Cape Town and Guadalajara. City improvement projects include Copenhagen, Stockholm, Rotterdam, London, Amman, Muscat, Melbourne, Sydney, San Fransisco og New York. Awards include The Sir Patrick Abercrombie Prize for exemplary contributions to town planning by The International Union of Architects and an honorary doctorate from HeriotWatt University in Edinburgh. Honorary fellow of RIBA, AIA, RAIC and PIA