Peter Wynne Rees
Council Role
Lynn S. Beedle Lifetime Achievement Award
Company
University College London
Professor of Places and City Planning
Location
London, United Kingdom
About
Peter Wynne Rees, CBE, led the planning and regeneration of the world business and financial center as City Planning Officer for the City of London, from 1985 to 2014. He is a founding member and director (1990-2022) of the British Council for Offices and received their President’s Award in 2003 for “presiding over one of the most extensive periods of redevelopment in the City’s long history”. He has lectured internationally, advised developers and cities around the world on urban planning and design and made frequent media appearances on these topics. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British Architects for his services to architecture and was the subject of a BBC profile on “The Culture Show”. Rees received the 2013 Estates Gazette Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Property and was included in the “Debrett’s 500” list of the most inspiring and influential people in Britain. This was followed by the 2014 Property Award from the College of Estate Management, Honorary Membership of the Architectural Association, and an Honorary Doctorate from London South Bank University. During 2015 he gave keynote presentations and planning advice in Sydney, Glasgow, Tokyo, Helsinki, Antwerp and Hong Kong and was created a CBE in the New Year Honors List “for services to architecture and town planning.”
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