Frederick Law Olmsted at 200
Designing an American Landscape Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) is recognized as the founder of American landscape architecture and the nation’s […]
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CITY PLANNING ARTICLES, PROFILES OF PEOPLE TO KNOW, Special Features
Kevin Lynch, Urban Planner.
Kevin Lynch is one of the all-time best contributors to the art and science of city design. The Image of
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Constantinos Doxiadis, City Planner
“Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis [1913-1975], the visionary city planner whose concepts touched the lives of millions of people around the world,
Paul Davidoff, 1930-1984.
Professor Davidoff was an advocacy planner pursuing zoning and approaches that favored people of all classes and incomes. A practitioner
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Howard T. Odum
Howard Thomas Odum (Sept. 1, 1924 – Sept. 11, 2002), usually cited as H. T. Odum, was an American ecologist.
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Profile: Isaac Asimov, “How Do People Get New Ideas?”
Isaac Asimov is one of the world’s great thinkers; also, an active writer and educator. His thoughts on creativity are
John Nolen, Landscape Architect and City Planner.
From Amazon…John Nolen (1869–1937) was the first American to identify himself exclusively as a town and city planner. In 1903, at
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Lawrence Halprin, 1916 – 2009
Cities is one of those books from the 1960s when idealism in city planning was blooming, design was a valuable commodity,
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Four ways to make a city more walkable.
Jeff Speck is a city planner and urban designer who advocates internationally for more walkable cities.
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PROFILE: Harland Bartholomew
Harland Bartholomew is a well-known name in the planning profession. Until researching his history for this edition of CT.org did