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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.
Through design, innovation, publications and realized projects, Peter Calthorpe’s 35-year practice has advanced a global trend towards the key principles of “sustainable communities” and “New Urbanism.”
Peter Calthorpe is a leading advocate of New Urbanism and Transit Oriented Development. He has written books on ecology, community and climate change, and has worked on projects in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Peter Calthorpe is a designer and planner who advocates for community design that's focused on human interaction. In this TED Talk, he shares seven universal principles for solving sprawl and building smarter, more sustainable cities.
Peter Calthorpe trabaja en la planificación de ciudades del futuro y defiende el diseño comunitario que se enfoca en la interacción humana. Comparte siete principios universales para solucionar la expansión y construir ciudades más inteligentes y sostenibles.
1 de dic. de 2019 · El famoso diseñador urbano Peter Calthorpe analiza la importancia de planificar las futuras ciudades en un proceso cuidadoso, paso a paso. Hoy vemos la arquitectura como herramienta que frenará el cambio climático.
31 de ago. de 2017 · 2.2M views 6 years ago. More than half of the world's population already lives in cities, and another 2.5 billion people are projected to move to urban areas by 2050. The way we build new cities...
