Peter Seidel

Life

Books

• 1998, Invisible Walls: Why We Ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet... and Ourselves. Amherst New York, Prometheus Books,. http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48&products_id=1116
• 2006, Global Survival: The Challenge and its Implications For Thinking and Acting, edited with Ervin Laszlo. New York, Select Books,.
• 2009, 2045: a Story of our Future. Amherst, New York, Prometheus Books,. http://www.prometheusbooks.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=51&products_id=1899

  Significant Projects and Writing

• 1964, Central–Linear City, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Engineering Extension Series Circular No. 2. An environmentally and sociologically sound alternative to urban sprawl.
• 1968, A Proposal for Urban Development, a further development of Central-Linear City done at the University of Michigan with the help of a Horace R. Rackham Faculty Research Grant.
• 1968, "Peter Seidel's Model City," one hour documentary, University of Michigan Television.
• 1971, Winter, "New Cities of Man: a Proposal," Technology and Human Affairs, pp. 19–22, Illinois Institute of technology
• 1972, "‘Idustructure,’ a Vertical Industrial Park Designed for Use in the Central City," August–September 1972, Inland Architect, Chicago, pp.22-3.
• 1972, "One Man's, Dream," The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer Magazine, July 30, 1972, pp. 14 – 20..
• 1974, Proposal for an Integrated Energy System for Buildings, Utilizing Solar Energy, The Eco-Tech Foundation, Inc.
• 1979, "Six Units on 7, 600 sq. ft.," cover and pp. 60–63, February, 1979, Housing, a McGraw-Hill publication.
• 1981, "Stacked Condos at 27 Units per Acre," Dec. 1981, Housing, pp. 38–39, a McGraw-Hill publication.
• 1982, "Developing Increased Density Condominiums," Commercial Investment Journal, vol 1, Summer 1982, 34-37.
• 1985, "Mies today: Thoughts of a Former Student" March/April 1985, Inland Architect, p. 45, Chicago.
• 1989-90, "Invisible Walls." Preproduction funding for one-hour television documentary obtained, internationally recognized experts agreed to advise and/or appear, script writer and director, both Emmy award-winners, were lined up, and a script was produced. Production funding could not be obtained.
• 1994, "Cities and the Real World," World Futures, The Journal of General Evolution, Vol. 39, No. 4, 1994, pp. 183–195, Taylor and Francic, Yverdon, Switzerland
• 1998, "The Cost of Wealthy Modern Cities," Indian Journal of Applied Economics, July–September, 1998, pp. 291–301, Bangalore.
• 2002, "What to Know," unpublished
• 2009, September, "Is it Inevitable that Evolution Self Destruct?" Futures, Vol.41, No. 10, December 2009, pp. 754–759, Elsevier LTD, Amsterdam.