A Virtual Expert Master Chat on new urbanism planning and how landscape architects lead its development, led by Bob Gibbs (MLA '84).
Bob is the founder and managing director of Gibbs Planning Group (GPG). GPG specializes in analyzing and planning complex historic and new urban commercial centers as well as providing real estate advisory services for the public and private sectors.
Bob was recently named one of the most influential urbanists of the century by his peers. Prior to GPG, Bob was the planning director for an international shopping center developer and an urban designer at a national architectural firm. From 1993-2023, he served as an executive education instructor for Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, teaching courses on urban retail planning and New Urbanism.