Credit: Chad Atterbury
Urbanist and ethnographer, Nan Ellin contributes to improve human habitat at all scales, from the home to biome.
Ellin’s scholarship informs, inspires, and incites the creation of vital and vibrant places where economies thrive alongside communities, arts, and culture. Her practice has focused on the revitalization of large swathes of urban fabric along waterways and rail corridors, with the spearheading of Canalscape for the Phoenix region, 9 Line for Salt Lake City, Trinity Innovation District for North Texas, and eDEN for Denver.
At the forefront of placemaking and community-building for three decades, Nan Ellin’s books and articles have been translated into thirteen languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, Lithuanian, Korean, and Chinese. Dr. Ellin has been recognized with numerous awards and invited speaking engagements locally and globally. She has been cited over 80 times in print journalism including Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Chicago Sun Times, and the UK’s Mail/Globe, and has appeared on radio and TV including NPR, BBC, CNN, and ABC World News Tonight.
Dean Emeritus Ellin served as dean at two universities and professor at seven, and she provides advisory services on issues related to urban design, strategic planning, community engagement, university-community partnerships, green/blue infrastructure, and regenerative futures. Ellin holds a PhD in Urban Design from Columbia University, as well as degrees in Cultural Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and Columbia University.
This “spiral enso” blends the golden spiral – a recurrent pattern in nature that facilitates growth and development – with the enso, a Zen Buddhist act of calligraphy intended to set the mind free, so the body and spirit can co-create. The spiral enso recognizes that we work with our heads, hands, and hearts to be evolutionary, changing the world one place at a time.
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Credit: Chad Atterbury
Urbanist and ethnographer, Nan Ellin contributes to improve human habitat at all scales, from the home to biome.
Ellin’s scholarship informs, inspires, and incites the creation of vital and vibrant places where economies thrive alongside communities, arts, and culture. Her practice has focused on the revitalization of large swathes of urban fabric along waterways and rail corridors, with the spearheading of Canalscape for the Phoenix region, 9 Line for Salt Lake City, Trinity Innovation District for North Texas, and eDEN for Denver.
At the forefront of placemaking and community-building for three decades, Nan Ellin’s books and articles have been translated into thirteen languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Farsi, Serbo-Croatian, Lithuanian, Korean, and Chinese. Dr. Ellin has been recognized with numerous awards and invited speaking engagements locally and globally. She has been cited over 80 times in print journalism including Newsweek, Christian Science Monitor, New York Magazine, Los Angeles Times, Washington Times, Chicago Sun Times, and the UK’s Mail/Globe, and has appeared on radio and TV including NPR, BBC, CNN, and ABC World News Tonight.
Dean Emeritus Ellin served as dean at two universities and professor at seven, and she provides advisory services on issues related to urban design, strategic planning, community engagement, university-community partnerships, green/blue infrastructure, and regenerative futures. Ellin holds a PhD in Urban Design from Columbia University, as well as degrees in Cultural Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and Columbia University.
This “spiral enso” blends the golden spiral – a recurrent pattern in nature that facilitates growth and development – with the enso, a Zen Buddhist act of calligraphy intended to set the mind free, so the body and spirit can co-create. The spiral enso recognizes that we work with our heads, hands, and hearts to be evolutionary, changing the world one place at a time.
Upcoming events: