CALL FOR IMAGES of the Journal of Biourbanism www.journalofbiourbanism.org JBU is looking for photo contributions on the following subject: the biophilic and sustainable city, and sustainable ways of living. The aim is editing a supplementary photographic issue, with both a scientific and artistic value. Please submit no more than 5 pictures to photoeditor@biourbanism.org, by February 15th […] read more
Comments on Ashraf Salama’s Paper: “The New Vitruvius?” by 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, […] read more
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 […] read more
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 […] read more
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 […] read more
Stefano Serafini, research director of the International Society of Biourbanism, awarded as honorary member of Greenaccord Association, by the President Alfonso Cauteruccio. read more
The aim of the workshop is to narrate and document, through the language of photography, the present-day dynamical transformation of Rome’s urban texture. Workshop targets people interested in urban photography, and is divided into a series of theoretical classes, practical photography stages, and a final phase aimed at creating a personal portfolio.
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by Marco Casagrande Taipei is here because of the river. The clear, drinkable water of the Keelong, Danshui and Xindian Rivers is still in the living memory of the communities along the rivers. For these people and for Taipei the rivers have been the everyday source of life. This is time before the flood walls […] read more
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).
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