Jaime Lerner is an architect and urban planner known for his "eco-friendly" innovations; Elected as Curitiba's mayor three times he implemented a "Master Plan" to transform the city ...

Obituary: Jaime Lerner, the urban planner who created Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Brazil in the 1970s, died this week at 83.

At once disheartened and bemused, Jaime Lerner looked through the locked metal gate into the outdoor plaza of 140 Montgomery St., a restored 1920s tower that opened last year.

Under renewed threat of top‑down regeneration, São Paulo’s Minhocão is both road and well‑used public park This ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Jaime Lerner, one of the world’s most influential architects and urban planners who was involved in his local Brazilian Jewish community, died Thursday at 83.Lerner also had a ...

Urbanist, Jaime Lerner, is a living legend in the fields of architecture, urban planning and sustainability. As former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, his city recycled the largest percentage of its ...

Lerner’s book, Urban Acupuncture: Celebrating Pinpricks of Change That Enrich City Life, champions such spaces. As the three-term mayor of Curitiba, Brazil in the 1970s and ’80s, he pioneered a ...

Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of a second-tier Brazilian city, Curitiba, won an international reputation over the past five decades by promoting gentler and less-expensive ways to rearrange urban ...

A week ago, the Brazilian architect, urbanist, and former mayor of Curitiba Jaime Lerner spoke at Town Hall. He had many things to say about what makes a city a city—meaning, a place that meets ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Jaime Lerner, one of the world’s most influential architects and urban planners who was involved in his local Brazilian Jewish community, died Thursday at 84.