What makes a city liveable? | Martha Thorne | TEDxIEMadrid

Join Martha Thorne, Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, on a journey of discovery of what makes a city a good place to live and how the principles of good design can lead the way to create more liveable cities for us all. Martha Thorne is Dean of IE School of Architecture &
Design, part of the innovative IE University in Madrid/ Segovia, Spain. She also is Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, a position she has held since 2005. She has participated on juries for the new National Museum of Chinese Art, Zaryadye Park in Moscow and ArcVision – Women and Architecture Prize, among others. Ms. Thorne received a Master of City Planning degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Affairs from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
She undertook additional studies at the London School of Economics. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx