Journal of Biourbanism (JBU)
Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) – NEW ISSUE ON LINE !!! www.journalofbiourbanism.org Journal of Biourbanism (JBU) is a peer-reviewed international online journal of architecture, planning, and built environment studies. The journal aims at establishing a bridge between theory and practice in the fields of architectural, design research, and urban planning and built environment and social studies. It [...]
Comments on Ashraf Salama’s paper: “The New Vitruvius?”
Comments on Ashraf Salama’s paper: “The New Vitruvius?” Nikos A. Salingaros While immensely flattered (and also not a little embarrassed) by this attention given to my work, I feel I must try to set the record straight on one matter. I am very grateful for Dr. Salama’s efforts to acquaint readers with my books, which [...]
Invitation for Participating Membership 2012
Please consider becoming a Participating Member of the INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF BIOURBANISM for 2012. The membership fees for 2012: student member: 40,00 euro / year ordinary member: 60,00 euro / year supporting member: 200,00 euro / year corporate and institutional member: 500,00 euro / year. Participating Members support the work of the International Society of [...]
The Living Technology of Christopher Alexander
By Michael Mehaffy and Nikos Salingaros The words “living” and “technology” do not often occur in the same sentence. We think of technology as something mechanical, inert, dead — very different from life, and even dangerous to living systems. And yet the word “technology” simply means “the knowledge of making” — that is, how to create [...]
Letter to Mr. Steve Jobs | Apple Inc.
Letter to Mr. Steve Jobs | Apple Inc. June 14, 2011 Dear Mr Jobs, Due to the wonders of the iPad, I came across your June 7th presentation to the Cupertino council of the plans for the new Apple campus. My excitement at the start of your presentation — expecting Apple’s cutting edge tradition to [...]
Greenaccord
Stefano Serafini, research director of the International Society of Biourbanism, awarded as honorary member of Greenaccord Association, by the President Alfonso Cauteruccio.
Call for Papers – Journal of Bio Urbanism
The new Journal of Bio Urbanism (JBU), a peer-reviewed international online journal of architecture, planning, and built environment studies , is currently considering papers for inclusion in its first issue launching in 2011
“The city must be dreamed, designed and conceived for the future”
Interview with Julio César Pérez appeared in Cuban Art News, 6 January 2011.
Last month, on December 16, Cuban architect Julio César Pérez opened an exhibition of architecture and planning at the Eduardo Abela Gallery in the town of San Antonio de los Baños. Pérez, who graduated from Havana’s School of Architecture in 1982, has taught and lectured at Harvard University, the Boston Architectural Center, and the University of Toronto. He is the author of Inside Cuba (Taschen, 2006), The Island: Visions of Cuba (Editorial Samper, 2009).
On RMJM, or the fall of gods
The monstrous project of building a 403 meters skyscraper in the centre of St. Petersburg, Russia, has been dismissed by a presidential ukaz. According to Guardian, company in charge of realizing the Okhta Centre, the Scotland-based multinational RMJM, is sailing in troubled waters.
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