Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D.(Arch.)
Director, International Making Cities Livable Conferences,
is available for
Mayor Bruce Sinclair
Public Urban Places: Learning from Europe's best squares. Ten principles for designing successful urban places. Identifying community functions of the public realm provided by urban public places.
Architecture & City Identity: Defining city identity through architectural design guidelines. Understanding the concept of the "Shop/House" as a building block of the healthy city.
Traffic Calming & Transportation Planning: Fifteen methods for "Taming" traffic. Improving accessibility and reducing traffic. Structuring a city of short distances.
Making Cities Livable for Children: Increasing accessibility & autonomy. Making the built environment legible. Making cities socially & physically safe.
Principles and Goals for Public Space Design
Strategies for Mixed Use Development
Review of General Plans
Evaluation of Social Impact of Development Plans
Dr. Lennard is available to organize Workshops and Conferences, bringing together the international perspective of IMCL Associates to focus on local problems and solutions.
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.)
Executive Director & Co-Founder, International Making Cities Livable Conferences
EDUCATION
Ph.D.(Arch.), Department of Architecture, University of California, Berkeley
B.Arch.(Hons.), Department of Architecture, Bristol University, England, U.K.
RWA Dipl., Royal West of England Academy School of Architecture
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Founder & Organizer of International Making Cities Livable Conferences
in US and Europe, 1985 - . Among cities where IMCL Conferences were held:
Charleston, SC, Santa Fe, NM, Savannah, GA; San Francisco, CA, Portland, OR; Venice & Siena, Italy; Freiburg, Germany; Vienna & Salzburg, Austria; London, UK. IMCL Seminars were also held in Carmel, CA, Tübingen & Ravensburg, Germany.
Consultant to cities in the US and Europe.
BOOKS
Genius of the European Square (2008)
The Wisdom of Cities (2005)
The Forgotten Child (1999)
Making Cities Livable (1997)
Livable Cities Observed (1995)
Livable Cities: People and Places (1987)
Public Life in Urban Places (1984)
Explorations in the Meaning of Architecture (1980)
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS & ARTICLES
The City as Playground (in Where Do the Children Play?)
True Urbanism & the European Square (in New Urbanism & Beyond)
The European Square (in Encyclopedia of the City)
The Livable City (in Encyclopedia of the City)
Urban Space Design and Social Life (in Companion to Contemporary Architectural Thought)
Physical Setting as Therapeutic Modality (in The Psychiatric Hospital)
Articles in professional journals including: Urban Land / Planning / The Mayor / The Humanist / Environment & Behaviour / Journal of Architectural Education / RIBA Journal Family Process / etc.
INVITED SPEAKER: at numerous universities, cities, business and professional organizations.
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
University of California, Berkeley / SUNY Buffalo Harvard University / Oxford
Polytechnic, Oxford, England, UK / University of Ulm, Germany / etc.
HONORS & AWARDS:
NEA Professional Fellowship / Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the
Fine Arts / NY State Council on the Arts Lyndhurst Foundation / Metzger-Price
Fund Royal Institute of British Architects 'Under 35s' Award / etc..