Peter Calthorpe
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Peter Calthorpe | |
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| Born | 1949 (age 74–75) |
| Nationality | United States |
| Education | B.A. Yale School of Architecture |
| Family | Diana Calthorpe (sister Jonathan F. P. Rose (brother-in-law) Rachel Rose (niece) |
Peter Calthorpe (born 1949) is a San Francisco-based architect, urban designer and urban planner. He is a founding member of the Congress for New Urbanism, a Chicago-based advocacy group formed in 1992 that promotes sustainable building practices.
Biography
Calthorpe was born in London and raised in Palo Alto.[1] He attended the Yale School of Architecture.
In the 1986 he, along with Sim Van der Ryn, published Sustainable Communities.[citation needed] In the early 1990s he developed the concept of Transit Oriented Development (TOD) highlighted in The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community,and the American Dream.[2]
He has taught at U.C. Berkeley, the University of Washington, the University of Oregon, and the University of North Carolina.[citation needed]
In 1989, he proposed the concept of "Pedestrian Pocket" an up to 110 acres (45 ha) pedestrian friendly, transit linked, mixed-use urban area with a park at its centre. The Pedestrian Pocket mixes low-rise high-density housing, commercial and retail uses. The concept had a number of similarities with Ebenezer Howard's Garden City, and aimed to be an alternative to the then usual low-density residential suburban developments.[3]
His sister Diana Calthorpe is married to real estate developer Jonathan F.P. Rose.[4] His niece is artist Rachel Rose.
Writings
- Calthorpe, Peter and Sim Van der Ryn (1986). Sustainable Communities: A New Design Synthesis for Cities, Suburbs and Towns. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. ISBN 0-87156-629-X
- Calthorpe, Peter: The Pedestrian pocket, in Doug, Kelbaugh (ed.) Pedestrian Pocket Book, 1989
- Calthorpe, Peter: The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community, and the American Dream, Princeton Architectural Press, 1993
- Calthorpe, Peter and Fulton, William: The Regional City, Island Press, 2001
- Calthorpe, Peter: Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change, Island Press, 2010
References
- ^ FOCUS; A Transit-Oriented Approach to Suburbia, New York Times, Nov. 10, 1991.
- ^ http://www.archdaily.com/409612/does-china-s-urbanization-spell-doom-or-salvation-peter-calthorpe-weighs-in/
- ^ Le Gates, R. and Strout F. (eds): The City Reader, London, Routledge, 2000
- ^ Urban Land Institute: "C. Nichols Prize Winner—Peter Calthorpe" by Leigh Franke August 3, 2006
External links
- Calthorpe Associates
- "Revisiting the Bateson Building". solarhousehistory.com.
