Nikos A. Salingaros
Professor of Mathematics, Urbanist & Architectural Theorist
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Nikos Salingaros
Department of Mathematics,
University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle
San Antonio, Texas 78249
E-mail: salingar (at) gmail.comTelephone: 210 458 5546
Fax: 210 458 4439
Contributions to mathematics & physics
NEWS:
- My project for the Commercial Plaza in Doha, Qatar chosen as "Project of the Month" by A Vision of Europe, July 2010.
- Joint seminar with Roger Sessions: "Urban and Information Architectures: A Cross-disciplinary Approach to Complexity", International Association of Software Architects, 17 July 2010 (download lecture in RealPlayer).
- Lecture at the Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, Holland, and discussion with Jeroen de Willigen of the architecture studio De Zwarte Hond, 23 June 2010.
- Lectures at the University of Alcalá, Spain, 14 June 2010.
- Athens Dialogues Organizational Conference, New York City, 16 April 2010.
- "No Alle Archistar" chosen as Book of the Month by Urban Lovers/A Vision of Europe, March 2010.
- Review of "Anti-Architecture and Deconstruction" by Kr. Hoff-Andersen.
- Winning proposal of Adalberto Libera's arch as a monument to Italian soldiers, with 33% of the popular vote, Sole 24 Ore, January 2010.
- David Brussat writing in The Providence Journal: 1, 2, 3 & 4, November 2009.
- Lecture tour in Italy 28 October 5 November: Bologna, Florence, and Rome PHOTOS 1 & 2.
- September 2009: "Complexity Theory of Cities Comes of Age" Conference, Technical University of Delft, Holland.
- September 2009: Doha project exhibited at the Technical University of Delft, Holland, with accompanying talk.
- 16 September 2009: "Who Is A More Important Thinker, Corbu or Salingaros?", Charles Siegel on Planetizen.
- September 2009: Ranked 11th in Planetizen's poll "The Top 100 Urban Thinkers" -- announcement on Greekarchitects -- announcement on UTSA Today.
- Visit to 17 Dionysiou Areopagitou, Athens -- a building I helped to save from destruction, June 2009 PHOTO.
- June-August 2009: Doha project exhibited at the Gorcums Museum, Gorinchem, Holland.
- 17 December 2008: Interviewed by River Path Associates for the British Council on Climate & Cities.
- November 2008: Distinguished Visitor, Ben-Gurion University, Israel PHOTOS 1, 2.
- November 2008: One of UTNE's "50 Visionaries who are changing your world".
- September 2008: Doha project included in the New Palladians Exhibition, The Prince's Foundation, London.
- June & September 2008: Lecture Tour in Italy PHOTOS 1 & 2.
- 13 May 2008: Keynote panelist, Forum for Urban Design, New York City PHOTO.
- Review of Biophilic Design by Philip Langdon, April 2008: "one of the best design books of this decade".
Some Notes on Christopher Alexander
INTBAU College of Traditional Practitioners (ICTP)
Environmental Structure Research Group (ESRG)
Institute of Classical Architecture (ICA)
Ranked 11th among "The top 100 urban thinkers of all time" -- Planetizen
"One of 50 visionaries who are changing your world" -- Utne Reader
"A New Vitruvius for 21st-Century Architecture and Urbanism?" -- Ashraf Salama
"[Nikos Salingaros' books are] three fundamental texts, among the most significant of the past several years" -- Vilma Torselli
"Surely no voice is more thought-provoking than that of this intriguing, perhaps historically important, new thinker?" -- His Royal Highness, Charles, The Prince of Wales