- Allan Jacobs
Allan B. Jacobs is an urban designer, renowned for his publications and research on
urban design . His well-known paper "Towards an Urban Design Manifesto", written withDonald Appleyard , describes how cities should be laid out.Jacobs joined the Department of City and Regional Planning at the
University of California, Berkeley in 1975, teaching courses in city planning and urban design. He is now a Professor emeritus. He also has consulted with cities in the U.S. and abroad on city planning.Prior to joining the staff at Berkeley, Jacobs was the Director of Planning for the City of
San Francisco (1967-1975).Education
Jacobs earned a Bachelor of
Architecture ,cum laude , fromMiami University and a Master of City Planning from theUniversity of Pennsylvania . He then attended theHarvard Graduate School of Design.Jacobs was a
Fulbright Scholar atUniversity College London studying City Planning.Honors
* [http://www.acsp.org/news/MayJune99/lynch_award.html Kevin Lynch Award] , presented at MIT's "Imaging the City" symposium, 1999.
* AIA Excellence in Education Award, California Chapter, 1994
* Resident in Architecture, American Academy in Rome, 1996
*Guggenheim Fellowship , 1982
* Fulbright ScholarReferences
* [http://www.pps.org/info/placemakingtools/placemakers/ajacobs Allan B. Jacobs] , Project for Public Spaces.
* [http://www.brunerfoundation.org/rba/p/jac.html Allan B. Jacobs bio] , Bruner Foundation.
* [http://www.calgary.ca/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_777_203_0_43/http%3B/content.calgary.ca/CCA/City+Hall/News/Awards/Awards+Given/Mayors+Urban+Design+Awards/Jurors/Allan+Jacobs.htm Allan Jacobs bio] , City of Calgary (Alberta, Canada).
* [http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/ced_people/faculty/details.cfm?EmpID=023456789 Allan Jacobs] , University of California, Berkeley.External links
* [http://www.arch.ced.berkeley.edu/people/faculty/index.htm College of Environmental Design] , University of California, Berkeley.
*Barry, Sean. [http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=20792 "Speakers Envision Downtown's Future"] , "The Daily Californian",
January 19 ,2006 .
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