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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 already at work planning the cities of the future and advocating for community design that's focused on human interaction. He shares seven universal principles for solving sprawl and building smarter, more sustainable cities.
Peter Calthorpe is a San-Francisco -based architect, urban designer, and urban planner. He also is one of the founding members of the Congress for New Urbanism, an advocacy group that promotes the notion of sustainable building practices.
Peter Calthorpe’s 30-year design practice is informed by the idea that successful places -- whether neighborhoods, towns, urban districts or metropolitan regions -- must be diverse in uses and users, must be scaled to the pedestrian and human interaction, and must be environmentally sustainable.
Aug 31, 2017 · Peter Calthorpe is already at work planning the cities of the future and advocating for community design that's focused on human interaction. He shares seven universal principles for solving ...
Aug 3, 2020 · Throughout Peter Calthorpe's decade-spanning career in urban design, planning, and architecture, he has developed and practiced the key principles of New Urbanism: that the most successful...
