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	REGENERATION -- The Castleford Project
		Wakefield Council and Public Arts are jointly hosting an important lecture in the New Year by Jan Gehl of the internally-renown Gehl Architects of Copenhagen.
		Gehl are internationally renown in the field of public space and have been central to the development of public space in Copenhagen for many years.
		Jan Gehl himself has become a prominent and recognised thinker and writer on public space.
	www.channel4.com /4homes/castleford/architect.html (393 words)

	jan gehl
		Jan Gehl is a practicing Urban Design Consultant and Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark.
		Jan Gehl is Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
		In 1998 the new Center for Public Space Research was established at the School of Architecture with Jan Gehl as the director.
	www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us /Planning/speakerbios/jangehl.html (507 words)

	Jan Gehl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jan Gehl (born 1936) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen and whose career has focused on improving the quality of pedestrian urban life.
		Gehl received a Masters of Architecture from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen in 1960, and practiced architecture from 1960 to 1966.
		Gehl participates in and advises many urban design and public projects around the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jan_Gehl (363 words)

	Radio National - Saturday Breakfast With Geraldine Doogue 05/02/2005
		Jan Gehl: We will do anything to be Italian, and I think that I made the point several times that the Danes were not Italians; they’re now more Italian than the Italians because we have fewer months to do it in.
		Jan Gehl: We know a lot about that by now, that if it’s an interesting frontage with a number of smaller units, and with more doors and whatever, we will have about seven times more people, more street life in front of that frontage, as opposed to a blank wall.
		Jan Gehl: Of course there used to be a Mediterranean tradition of strolling in the evening, and people always talk about the Italians and the Spaniards and the Greeks whatever, but we have really seen because we are in the same economic development, we have really seen all this spread to the north in Europe.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/saturday/stories/s1295844.htm (1786 words)

	Jan Gehl \| Project for Public Spaces (PPS)
		Jan Gehl is a practicing Urban Design Consultant and Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Copenhagen, Denmark.
		Jan Gehl is Professor of Urban Design at the School of Architecture at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
		Gehl emphasizes the importance of gradual transformation in urban redevelopments, in order to make changes sustainable and to give people time to adapt to physical changes, adjust their life styles, and experiment with the new ways of using the city.
	www.pps.org /info/placemakingtools/placemakers/jgehl (1574 words)

	Calvin College - News - Calvin to Host Foremost Urban Planner
		Jan Gehl is the principal of Gehl Architects, a Danish firm specializing in urban planning.
		Gehl is best-known for his book Life Between Buildings, a study of social interaction in public space that has become a classic in its field.
		Gehl has been the director of the Urban Planning Program at the School of Architecture in the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen since 1976.
	www.calvin.edu /news/releases/2006-07/gehl-lecture.htm (303 words)

	Liberating the heart of the city - theage.com.au
		While Gehl is not one of these, he calls himself a "de facto Australian alumnus", having taught at Melbourne University and RMIT and advised city councils in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.
		Gehl is the first to say that much of this is plain common sense.
		Gehl believes something much more important is at stake here than just a pleasant CBD experience "Life is becoming more and more privatised," he says.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/09/05/1031115910527.html (1123 words)

	Jan Gehl
		Jan Gehl is a well-known architect from Copenhagen, Denmark.
		Jan is a Professor of Architecture at the University of Copenhagen, and also has a private practice that has assisted cities all around the world develop their urban areas into lively, vibrant, and attractive places to be.
		Jan’s contribution is both practical and procedural, that is, he makes a contribution to both the outcome and the way in which planning authorities think and work.
	www.arc.govt.nz /jangehl (2048 words)

	Alex's Weblog - Alex Marshall - New Urbanism, Old Urbanism, and other essays
		Gehl had spoken that same night before an audience of public officials and interested citizens in nearby Princeton, most of whom were participating in The Mayors' Institute on Community Design for two days at Princeton, organized by Regional Plan Association and the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Office of Smart Growth.
		Gehl spoke at McCosh Hall, inside one of the classic stone buildings at the university, as students made their way outside over a thin blanket of snow.
		Gehl, Director of the Center for Public Space Research at the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, has been practicing his profession for four decades.
	www.alexmarshall.org /index.php?pageId=173 (1070 words)

	WTN 2006 Prize Nominations
		We are pleased to nominate Jan Gehl, the eminent Danish urban design consultant and shaper of public spaces around the world, for this year's World Technology Environment Award, for his transforming example and body of work.
		Jan, is an internationally known and esteemed architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen and whose career has focused on improving the quality of street space and pedestrian urban life.
		Gehl advocates a sensible, straightforward approach to improving urban form: systematically measuring urban spaces, making gradual incremental improvements, then measuring again.
	www.ecoplan.org /wtpp/general/wtn-gehl.htm (290 words)

	Jan Gehl gives Living Streets Confidence in future shape of London Feature Articles & Speeches :: Living Streets ::
		Jan Gehl the eminent danish expert on public space has produced a report on recov ering Central London from the dominance of traffic.
		Jan Gehl, the eminent Danish architect, has produced a study "Towards a fine city for people" that also tells us the scale of the problem.
		Jan Gehl concluded that those walking were mainly there out of necessity and not - as found in many other cities - combined with recreational or social activities.
	www.livingstreets.org.uk /page.php?pageid=271¤tPage=1 (752 words)

	Radio National - Late Night Live - About
		For more than thirty years Danish architect, Jan Gehl, has systematically studied public spaces to see how they really work, and these days Copenhagen is one of the great pedestrian cities.
		For instance, in Copenhagen Gehl and his colleagues have pioneered a working method: study what's going on, look at the probems and potentials, improve it, and check it again, so that you can follow the development.
		Gehl says "Observations like being able to point out that we have four times more public life in Copenhagen after twenty years of work, have been very strong in convincing people about the value of what has been going on."
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/lnl/s1036951.htm (233 words)

	Learning from Copenhagen \| Metropolis Magazine \| August/September 2002
		Copenhagen is one of my favorite cities in the world, not only because of its scale and beauty, but because of how bike-friendly it is. A recent environmental study of the city found that half of its residents cycle on a daily basis.
		At Metropolis, we were so impressed with the Copenhagen plan that we included the city as one of our top 21 great ideas for the 21st century ("Pedestrian Cities", August/September 2002).
		Jan Gehl: There is a big national program going on in Denmark called "Improve the Public Space".
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0802/ped/index_b.html (2417 words)

	DPD News - Architect Jan Gehl Speaks June 6 on Creating a Great Pedestrian City
		Jan Gehl is Professor of Urban Design in the School of Architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen and founding partner of Gehl Architects –; Urban Quality Consultants.
		With Gehl's leadership all 18 public squares in Copenhagen that had been parking lots have been turned back to public squares, and pedestrian streets are thriving for walking, shopping, and people-watching.
		Gehl has continued to work at the School of Architecture as lecturer, senior lecturer and professor of urban design since 1971, and was named director of their newly established Center for Public Space Research in 1998.
	www.cityofseattle.net /dclu/news/20050526c.asp (459 words)

	Streetsblog » Notes on Bicycling in Copenhagen
		Danish urban designer Jan Gehl says that the single biggest key to the change has been the development of the city's extensive bicycle network and that the Copenhagen of great public spaces that we see today would not be possible without bicycles.
		Gehl's concern with a helmet law is that it might discourage people from hopping on a bike and running an errand.
		Copenhagen's city government, along with Jan Gehl's public space research institute, is constantly measuring and analyzing street usage.
	www.streetsblog.org /2006/10/04/notes-on-bicycling-in-copenhagen (2634 words)

	Streetsblog » Blogging From Copenhagen
		Jan Gehl, pictured at right leading yesterday's boat tour in Copenhagen Harbor, kicked off the conference noting that throughout the history of humankind, urban public spaces have served three functions.
		Second, Gehl argues, healthy public space is essential to the function of democracy in a multicultural society.
		Jan's narrative of the last 60 years (Invaded, Abandoned, Reconquered) very accurate of what happened to urban America and in many places around the world.
	www.streetsblog.org /2006/09/29/blogging-from-copenhagen (1192 words)

	Podcasts - City of Sydney
		For over 40 years internationally renowned Danish architect Jan Gehl's career has focused on improving the quality of urban life, especially for pedestrians.
		Jan discusses how his research on public spaces and public life has been applied successfully in cities across Europe, North America, South America, Asia, and Australia.
		Jan Gehl is Professor of Urban Design and Director of the Centre for Public Space Research in the School of Architecture, at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.
	www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au /podcasts (1145 words)

	Bygningskultur Danmark
		Overordnet tror jeg, at mine teorier har haft betydning fordi, der er et samfundsmæssigt behov for at medtænke det menneskelige aspekt i arkitekturen og i planlægningen af byrum”, forklarer Jan Gehl.
		Blandt Jan Gehls mange publikationer er: “Livet mellem husene – udeaktiviteter og udemiljøer” første gang udgivet i 1971 og siden udkommet på 15 sprog.
		Gennem årene har Jan Gehl modtaget en række priser bl.a.
	www.bygningskultur.dk /default.aspx?id=10&item=759 (1157 words)

	No Land Grab: Plan for Life
		You could almost hear Jan Gehl clicking his tongue in disapproval as he surveyed Metro Tech’s sterile, un-populated central space.
		Gehl was disappointed by Metro Tech — and dismayed to hear that Fulton Mall may soon give way to high-rise office buildings — because he is a champion of street life.
		Gehl and his architectural firm have helped transform the streetscape of cities from Copenhagen (his hometown) to Melbourne, and London is now implementing his plan called, “Towards a Fine City for People: Public Spaces and Public Life.” A key element of the London plan is establishing a comfortable balance among pedestrians, bicycles and automobiles.
	www.nolandgrab.org /archives/2005/12/plan_for_life.html (698 words)

	The Recumbent Blog: Copenhagen
		Urban designer Jan Gehl has spent a large portion of his career working on improving the quality of pedestrian urban life in Copenhagen, Denmark.
		Gehl says the most important change has been the development of the city's extensive bicycle network, and that modern Copenhagen would not be possible without bicycles.
		StreetsBlog, a blog covering New York City's emerging Livable Streets movement, recently sent a reporter to Copenhagen, the result being a fantastic article on the state of urban cycling in one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world.
	www.recumbentblog.com /archives/2006/10/copenhagen.html (161 words)

	DJC.COM: Jan Gehl says replace viaduct with open space, provided by Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce
		At the end of his four-day visit in Seattle, Danish architect Jan Gehl said Seattle should consider replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct with nothing but open space.
		Gehl called for the reunification of downtown and the waterfront, and said the quake-damaged viaduct presents Seattle with a "golden opportunity."
		Gehl also urged Seattle to get rid of the acres of parking north of Qwest Field.
	www.djc.com /news/ae/11168992.html (540 words)

	International urban whiz would ban cars in Times Square
		The Department of Transportation wants to hire as a consultant Jan Gehl, who has helped cities like London and Copenhagen create less congested urban areas by taking back the streets from cars - and giving top priority to pedestrians and bicyclists.
		Gehl spoke about Times Square and his vision for the city last winter when Sadik-Khan interviewed him for the New York Transportation Journal, a think-tank publication affiliated with New York University.
		Gehl completed a major study, "Toward a Fine City for People," in June 2004, after London began congestion pricing, part of that city's effort to combat what Gehl has described as an invasion by automobiles.
	www.nydailynews.com /news/2007/07/10/2007-07-10_automatic_proposal.html (595 words)

	Usable Design For Toronto's Downtown Waterfront - Which Now Sucks
		Sir Ralph Erskine, the eighty year old renown architect was asked by Jan Gehl, the world's foremost researcher - and expert designer on Public Open Space/The Public Realm, to define 'architect'.
		Jan Gehl - is available - to come to Toronto and establish a process to repair all of damages made to the Public Realm in Toronto's downtown and downtown waterfront.
		Aside from pointing out all of the negatives on the waterfront - several appropriate design notions will be presented here in the near future for the re-development - the revitalization of Toronto's waterfront, into a Usable Public Realm.
	usablemakeover.com /index.html (887 words)

	Opinions: 'City people' by Ken Worpole \| Prospect Magazine December 2004 issue 105
		Jan Gehl, professor of architecture at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, is today's global superstar of urban planning.
		Gehl's work has the great advantage of being based on more than 40 years of experience, starting with the pedestrianisation of Copenhagen's main thoroughfare, Strøget, on 17th November 1962.
		That decision was the beginning of a project which continues to this day - to turn Copenhagen from a car-congested city into the café-culture capital of the world.
	www.prospect-magazine.co.uk /article_details.php?id=6524 (410 words)

	T.A. E-Bulletin
		Jan Gehl is best known for his simple straight-forward approach working to redesign streets for people, as he did in his native Copenhagen and more recently in London.
		Gehl will speak about his work on creating a better balance between traffic and pedestrians, improving conditions for walking and cycling in urban environments, as well as share his extensive knowledge and experience in successful street planning with business managers, the Mayor of London, and many other city agencies.
		Gehl will focus on how improving streets for pedestrians and cyclists is also good for business.
	www.transalt.org /e-bulletin/2005/Nov/1115.html (408 words)

	Pedestrian Cities \| Metropolis Magazine \| August/September 2002
		An interview with Jan Gehl director of the Center for Public Space Research at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts' School of Architecture in Copenhagen
		In the 40 years since Copenhagen's main street was turned into a pedestrian thoroughfare, city planners have taken numerous small steps to transform the city from a car-oriented place to a people-friendly one.
		People can borrow city bikes for about $2.50; when finished, they simply leave them at any one of the 110 bike stands located around the city center and their money is refunded.
	www.metropolismag.com /html/content_0802/ped/index.html (601 words)

	Expect the Unexpected: a Dinner Party to Honor Jan Gehl — A resource and a catalyst for urban sustainability
		Please join us for a dinner party to honor Danish urbanist, Jan Gehl, at a very special location.
		People are drawn to crowded, bustling spaces, where those unpredictable, surprising actors - other human beings - are on center stage.” – Jan Gehl For over 30 years, Danish architect Jan Gehl has been an advocate of turning vehicle-centric cities into pedestrian- and people-friendly cities.
		To honor Professor Gehl we’re reserving Occidental Street — ordinarily used for vehicles — as the location for a unique street dinner party.
	www.sustainableseattle.org /events/Expect/view (248 words)

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