Peter Calthorpe
In 1983, Peter Calthorpe founded the award-winning firm of Calthorpe Associates devoted to sustainable urban design and planning globally. Metropolis Magazine claims: “The titles of Peter Calthorpe’s books trace the recent history of urban design in its most vital and prescient manifestations, starting in 1986 with 'Sustainable Communities' followed by 'The Regional City: Planning for the End of Sprawl', and most recently 'Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change”.
In the early 90’s he developed the concept of Transit Oriented Development described in his book 'The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and the American Dream' -- an idea that is now the foundation of many regional policies and city plans around the world. Peter Calthorpe is one of the founders and the first board president of Congress of New Urbanism. For his contribution in redefining the models of urban and suburban growth, Calthorpe was named one of 25 “innovators on the cutting edge” by Newsweek Magazine and was awarded ULI’s prestigious “J.C. Nichols Prize for Visionaries in Urban Development” in 2006.
2:00 PM Closing Session
