Global Street Design Guide previewed at CityLab 2015
Janette Sadik-Khan, Chair of NACTO and the Global Designing Cities Initiative(GDCI), and Principal at Bloomberg Associates, unveiled a preview to the upcoming Global Street Design Guide at the CityLab Conference in London on the 20th of October. The session titled “Changing Streets, Changing the World” was accompanied by a conversation with Jan Gehl, Founding Partner, Gehl Architects and a discussion with Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor, Accra, Ghana, to discuss challenges and opportunities around transforming streets in various corners of the world. The conference had representation from 45 countries and 31 international Mayors. Catch the full presentation and conversation below:
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