FAIA (born 17 September 1936, Copenhagen) is a Danish architect and urban design consultant based in Copenhagen whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist.

[1] He co-founded Gehl Architects in 2000 with Helle Søholt, held a Partner position until 2011, and remains a Senior Advisor.

Later his influential reports and books led to a collaboration with the City of Copenhagen and its political shift towards promoting predestrian zones and bicycling.

[5] Gehl participates in and advises many urban design and public projects around the world: Gehl credits the "grandmother of humanistic planning" Jane Jacobs for drawing his attention to the importance of human scale.

Look out of your windows, spend time in the streets and squares and see how people actually use spaces, learn from that, and use it.”[15]