- Ben Hamilton-Baillie
Ben Hamilton-Baillie (born 1955) is an architect, urban designer and movement specialist from
Bristol . He is the director of his own company, Hamilton-Baillie Associates Ltd., and in this role he provides consultancy advice on traffic and urban renewal. He has taught extensively in the UK and USA.He worked in London, Hamburg and Turkey [ [http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:RV1K-kFVB90J:www.charityadvantage.com/agassiz/images/whistler1200.pdf+%22Hamilton-Baillie%22+churchill&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=ca "The Whistler"] ] before moving to Bristol where he spent 13 years in housing renewal and development. In 1995, he became regional manager for
Sustrans , a sustainable transport charity in England. With Sustrans, he helped complete the first phase of the UK’sNational Cycle Network , and to develop transport initiatives such as ‘Safe Routes to School s’ andhome zone s.Baillie later researched and promoted new approaches to and street design. He was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship in 2000 which permitted him to visit and report on European and Scandinavian home zones. In 2001, he was a
Harvard University Loeb Fellow. [ [http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/10.26/08-loeb.html "Harvard Gazette"] ] He serves on the expert team for the European Union project developing “Shared space ” with projects in Belgium, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands.References
External links
* [http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/loeb_fellowship/alumni/class_2001/bios/baille.html Harvard University - Loeb Fellowship]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4213221.stm BBC News - quotes from Hamilton-Baillie]
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5459039063371664447 Interview on "Perils for Pedestrians"] Google Video (starts at abourt 18:30 mins.)
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2004/05/20/traffic_design/index.html "Why don't we do it in the road?"] "Salon" feature and interview
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