Global Designing Cities Initiative

Overview

Global Designing Cities Initiative is an organization that designs and implements urban planning initiatives to improve city environments and public spaces[1]. Founded in 2014 by Janette Sadik-Khan and currently operating under the guidance of Director Skye Duncan[4], the initiative is a team of designers, planners and urban strategists working to transform streets around the world[3]. Originally a program of NACTO, GDCI became in 2022 an independent project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, a nonprofit organization[5]. The organization publishes the Global Street Design Guide, created with the input of experts from 72 cities in 42 countries and offered in translations including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic[7]. The organization is headquartered in New York at 120 Park Avenue, 21st Floor[2].

The company's own site places it in New York: Address listed as 120 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017. [2]

Global Designing Cities Initiative was founded in 2014 by Janette Sadik-Khan and operates under the guidance of Director Skye Duncan. [4]

Business address: 120 Park Avenue, 21st Floor, New York, NY 10017. [6]

GDCI publishes the Global Street Design Guide, "created with the input of experts from 72 cities in 42 countries", offered in translations including Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Vietnamese and Arabic. [7]