Kevin A. Lynch, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kevin A. Lynch

American urban planner and author (1918-1984)

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1918

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1984

Profession: writer, architect, urban planner, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Kevin A. Lynch

  • Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner and author.
  • He is known for his work on the perceptual form of urban environments and was an early proponent of mental mapping.
  • His most influential books include The Image of the City (1960), a seminal work on the perceptual form of urban environments, and What Time is This Place? (1972), which theorizes how the physical environment captures and refigures temporal processes. A student of architect Frank Lloyd Wright before training in city planning, Lynch spent his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, teaching there from 1948 to 1978.
  • He practiced site planning and urban design professionally with Carr/Lynch Associates, later known as Carr, Lynch, and Sandell.

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