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List of urban planners chronological by initial year of plan. c. 332 BC Dinocrates – Alexandria, Egypt; c. 408 BC Hippodamus of Miletus – Piraeus (port of Athens), Thurii, Rhodes; 330-336 CE Constantine – Byzantium replanned and rebuilt as the city of Constantinople. c. 413 – Flavius Anthemius – Theodosian Walls
DPZ participated in the formation of the international urban planning movement known as New Urbanism, intended to offer an alternative to suburban sprawl and urban disinvestment. The firm first received recognition as the designer of new towns such as Seaside, Florida and Kentlands, Maryland. The firm has since completed designs and codes for ...
Many of the great Impressionists were inspired by the vibrant, urban scenes of Paris. In the 1850s and 1860s, Paris was transformed into a modern metropolis by the urban planner, Georges-Eugène Haussmann. His massive urban renewal of the city resulted in a new layout dominated by wide boulevards, lined with uniform stone buildings, and open ...
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Early urban planners were often members of these cognate fields though today, urban planning is a separate, independent professional discipline. The discipline of urban planning is the broader category that includes different sub-fields such as land-use planning, zoning, economic development, environmental planning, and transportation planning. [8]
Felino "Jun" A. Palafox, Jr. is a Filipino architect, urban planner. He is the Principal Architect-Urban Planner and Founder of Palafox Associates. [1] [2]Palafox also serves as a member of the board of directors [3] in Asian Terminals, Inc. from 2009 to present, chaired professional and civic organisations such as PIEP, [4] MAP [5] and Rotary Club of Manila.
Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century. Moses is regarded as one of the most powerful and influential people in the history of New York City and New York state. The grand scale of his infrastructure ...
Bimal Hasmukh Patel (born 31 August 1961) is an architect from Ahmedabad, India, with over 35 years of professional, research and teaching experience in architecture, urban design and urban planning. [1]