Vinayak Bharne — Urban Designer & City Planner

Award-Winning Urbanist | Author | Educator | Los Angeles, USA

Adjunct Professor of Urbanism, University of Southern California (USC) & University
of Illinois Chicago | Co-Director, My Liveable City

Over 25-year in this Field

About

With a distinguished 25-year career spanning practice, research, education, and advocacy, Vinayak Bharne is one of the most respected voices in urban design and city planning today. Born in Goa, India, and based in Los Angeles, his work bridges continents — from new towns in the United States and the UAE to sacred heritage villages in India and ecological island communities in the Caribbean.

He is the author or editor of nine books, Co-Director of the global urbanism think-tank My Liveable City, and a sought-after keynote speaker at conferences across the world. His projects have earned six Congress for the New Urbanism Charter Awards, the 2013 International Downtown Association Pinnacle Award, and the Excellence in Planning Implementation Award from the California Chapter of the APA.

Potters Village

Fayoum, Egypt

Conservation Plan

Puebla, Mexico

Cinta Costera Planning Study

Casco Viejo, Panama

Waha New Town

Marrakech, Morocco

Rural Growth Study

Badami, India

Old Guangzhou Open Space Plan

China

Design Projects

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Research

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BOOKS

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Talks & Conversations

Bharne has lectured and been interviewed widely, including at the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal; the Sri Lanka Institute of Architects; BMS College of Architecture, Bangaluru; SPA Vijayawada; and in conversation with World Architecture News and My Liveable City.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Recent recognitions include the 2024 John Chase Visionary Award from the American Planning Association’s Los Angeles Section, the 2023 Allied Professional Appreciation Award from the Indian Society of Landscape Architects — the highest national award ISOLA bestows on a non-landscape architect — and the 2023 Academic Leadership & Impact Award from the USC Pacific Asia Museum.

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TEACHING & AFFILIATIONS

Bharne is an Adjunct Professor of Urbanism in the School of Architecture at the University of Southern California and at the College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs at the University of Illinois Chicago. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Indian Education Society College of Architecture, Mumbai; as a Studio Mentor at the BMS College of Architecture, Bangaluru; on the Advisory Council of the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group; and on the International Speakers Bureau of the Intelligent Communities Forum in Canada.

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ADVOCACY

Beyond My Liveable City, Bharne’s advocacy work includes tactical, community-driven interventions such as the Boyle Heights Community Hub, a strategy that reimagines a two-block residential street in a low-income Los Angeles neighborhood as a flexible, community-programmed public space.

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Urban Designer & City Planner
Los Angeles, USA

Vinayak Bharne, AICP, is an urban designer and city planner whose 25-year career spans practice, research, education and advocacy. His work includes projects across the United States, Canada, India, Australia, China, the United Arab Emirates, Panama, Kenya and Mauritius.