Ludo Campbell-Reid

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Ludo Campbell-Reid is Urban Design Manager at Auckland City Council, with 14 years of extensive urban design experience in South Africa and the UK.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Rowing 1.2 Family 2 References

[edit] Biography

Ludo Campbell-Reid was born to an English father and a South African mother in Hampton Court, southwest London, in 1969. He graduated from Westminster University with a BA with Honours In Urban Planning Studies, then completed a MA and Diploma In Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University.^[1]

Campbell-Reid’s achievements in urban design began in South Africa from 1992-1997, where he worked on the country’s first ski resort, assisted in transforming Victoria and Albert Docks on Cape Town's world-class waterfront, and worked on that city’s bid to host the 2004 Olympic Games. In 1997 he returned to London where he worked for Tibbalds Planning & Urban Design before becoming senior urban designer at Tower Hamlets Borough in east London. He worked on the transformation of London's Canary Wharf, and in 2003 was shortlisted for the London Planning Awards in the category of best public sector planner. ^[2][3]

In 2004, Campbell-Reid was appointed as Director of Urban Design London, an organisation set up and part funded by Transport for London, to promote awareness and good communications between all 33 London Boroughs and the Greater London Authority. After just two years, Campbell-Reid left for a position as Urban Design Manager at Auckland City Council, New Zealand, a position he has held since May 2006. As Urban Design Manager he is responsible for promoting the urban design agenda at all levels within the council and the wider community.^[4]

[edit] Rowing

Campbell-Reid competed as a rower for England at the World Championships in Czechoslovakia in 1986, and designed the boat that took Stephen Redgrave to his fifth Olympic Gold, in the coxless four at Sydney in 2000.

[edit] Family

Campbell-Reid is married to Jo, a former floor production manager for the BBC, who is part-Parisian, with one son, Louis.

[edit] References

1. ^ Englishman with designs on Auckland city, Bernard Orsman, NZ Herald, 17 June, 2006
2. ^ Englishman with designs on Auckland city, Bernard Orsman, NZ Herald, 17 June, 2006
3. ^ Auckland City Council: City Scene: New urban design champion for city, 16 April, 2006
4. ^ Auckland City Council: City Scene: New urban design champion for city, 16 April, 2006