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Ken Greenberg
Principal, Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Ken Greenberg is an architect, urban designer, teacher, writer, former Director of Urban Design and Architecture for the City of Toronto, founding partner of Urban Strategies Inc., and now Principal of Greenberg Consultants. For over three decades he has played a pivotal role on public and private assignments in urban settings throughout North America and Europe, focusing on the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts, neighborhoods and on campus master planning, regional growth management, and new community planning. Cities as diverse as Toronto, Hartford, Amsterdam, New York, Boston, Montréal, Washington DC, Paris, Detroit and San Juan Puerto Rico have benefited from his advocacy and passion for restoring the vitality, relevance and sustainability of the public realm in urban life. With over three decades of experience, he has managed large multi-disciplinary staff and consultant groups for both the public and private sectors. He applies a holistic approach to city building, crossing traditional boundaries and working in team settings collaborating with many talented professionals from a variety of disciplines. In each city, with each project, his strategic, consensus-building approach has led to coordinated planning and a renewed focus on urban design He is the recipient of the 2010 American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Award for public design excellence and is currently working on a book on cities with Random House.
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Some of Ken's most significant engagements include: |
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Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, Saint Paul, MN
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Brooklyn Bridge Park on the East River, New York, NY
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East River Waterfront in Lower Manhattan, New York, NY
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Fan Pier, Boston, MA
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Southwest and Southeast Waterfronts, Washington, D.C.
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Vision Plan for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.
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Master Plan for the NoMA District (North of Massachusetts Avenue), Washington, D.C.
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Kendall Square and NorthPoint Master Plans, Cambridge, MA
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Downtown Hartford Economic and Urban Design Action Strategy, Hartford, CT
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Strategic Framework for Midtown Detroit, Detroit, MI
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Harbourfront Center Master Plan, Toronto, ON
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FilmPort Toronto Film Studios complex on the Toronto Waterfront, Toronto, ON
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Interim Chief Planner, Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA)
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Crossroads Initiative integrating the 'Big Dig' and Rose Kennedy Greenway with the city, Boston, MA
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Calgary Riverwalk along the Bow and Elbow Rivers, Calgary, Alberta
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Master Plan for Adaptive Re-Use of the Hearn Power Plant, Toronto Port, Toronto, ON
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Master Plan for Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
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Master Plan for University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, MN
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Master Plan for Trinity College, Hartford, CT
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Master Plan for University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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Master Plan for the Renewal of Regent Park, a major public housing project in Toronto
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His current projects include: |
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Lower Don Lands, planning for the mouth of the Don River at Toronto Harbour, addressing urban design, transportation, naturalization, sustainability and other ecological issues, Toronto, ON
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Strategic Master Plan for Boston University, Boston, MA
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Grange Park Renewal with the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON
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Rose Kennedy Greenway District Planning Study, Boston, MA
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Downtown 2021 Master Plan for Mississauga, ON
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Transit Hub Studies for Port Credit and Cooksville, Mississauga, ON
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Master Plan for York University, Toronto, ON
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Ken is a frequent lecturer and teacher in both North America and Europe, inspiring professionals and students in thinking about the demographically diverse, post-industrial city. He has been the Charles Moore Visiting Professor of Architecture at the Taubman School at the University of Michigan and taught Masters studios in urban design at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the University of Toronto, L'Université de Montréal, UC Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania. He is a frequent contributor to the Mayor's Institute for City Design. He is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, the Toronto Society of Architects and the Institute for Urban Design as well as a frequent participant in the Mayors Institutes. His work has garnered awards from the Canadian Institute of Planners, Progressive Architecture, the City of Toronto, the Canadian Architect, the American Planning Association and the American Institute of Architects.
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His recent publications include: |
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Contributor to What We See: Advancing the Observations of Jane Jacobs, Edited by Stephen A. Goldsmith and Lynne Elizabeth. New Village Press and The Center for the Living City, 2010
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Rites of Way: The Politics and Poetics of Open Space, Mark Kingwell and Patrick Tummel, Editors, Chapter "Public Space Lost and Found", Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2009
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Urban Design, Alex Krieger and William S. Saunders, Editors, Chapter "A Third Way for Urban Design", University of Minnesota Press, 2009
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Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice, An ICMA Green Book, Published in cooperation with the American Planning Association and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, "Making Plans: The Saint Paul of the Mississippi Development Framework", ICMA Press, 2009
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PLACES: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, "Rockcliffe Redevelopment Ottawa: Plan Iterations", Volume 19, Number 2, 2007
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PLACES: Forum of Design for the Public Realm, "A Good Time for Cities", Volume 19, Number 2, 2007
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Literary Review of Canada, "Will the Real Empire State Building Please Stand Up?", revue of Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams, Mark Kingwell, Yale University Press, Vol. 14, No. 7, September 2006
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Harvard Design Magazine, "The Avenger of Cities: Review of Dark Age Ahead" by Jane Jacobs, Vol. 23, Fall 2005/ Winter 2006
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Literary Review of Canada, "What makes a building Canadian?", revue of Substance Over Spectacle, Editor Andrew Gruft, Vol. 13, No. 7, September 2005
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