Peter Seidel

Peter Seidel

Peter Seidel (December 2, 1926, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American architect-planner turned writer.

Life

Seidel moved from Ann Arbor, Michigan to Ohio to plan a new town outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. His plans for the new town never came to fruition, but he instead built an eco-community in Clermont County on 188 acres of land. Seidel's goal for this was a place where residents could get a feel of nature.

Seidel lives in Northside, Cincinnati.

Works

Projects

• 1964, "Central–Linear City: An environmentally and sociologically sound alternative to urban sprawl". Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Engineering Extension Series Circular No. 2.
• 1968, "A Proposal for Urban Development, a further development of Central-Linear City done at the University of Michigan".
• 1968, "Peter Seidel's Model City". one hour documentary, University of Michigan Television.
• 1971, Winter. "New Cities of Man: a Proposal". Illinois Institute of Technology, Technology and Human Affairs, pp. 19–22,
• 1972, "'Idustructure', a Vertical Industrial Park Designed for Use in the Central City". Inland Architect, August–September 1972, pp. 22–23.
• 1972, "One Man's, Dream". The Cincinnati Enquirer, July 30, 1972, pp. 14 – 20. About an unrealized eco-community.
• 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." Housing, February, 1979, pp. 60–63. An example of energy conserving, high density, urban infill housing.
• 1981, "Stacked Condos at 27 Units per Acre". Housing, December, 1981, pp. 38–39. An example of energy conserving, high density, urban infill housing.
• 1989-90, "Invisible Walls". Preproduction funding for one-hour television documentary. Production funding not obtained.

Books

• 1998, Invisible Walls: Why We Ignore the Damage We Inflict on the Planet ... and Ourselves. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-217-X
• 2006, Global Survival: The Challenge and its Implications For Thinking and Acting. edited with Ervin Laszlo. New York: Select Books. ISBN 1-59079-104-5
• 2009, 2045: a Story of our Future. Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books. ISBN 978-1-59102-705-8
• 2020, Uncommon Sense: Shortcomings of the Human Mind for Handling Big-Picture, Long-Term Challenges. Arlington: Steady State Press.

Articles

• 1982, "Developing Increased Density Condominiums". Commercial Investment Journal, vol. 1 (Summer 1982): 34-37.
• 1985, "Mies today: Thoughts of a Former Student". Inland Architect, March/April 1985, p. 45.
• 1994, "Cities and the Real World". World Futures, vol. 39, No. 4, 1994, pp. 183–195.
• 1998, "The Cost of Wealthy Modern Cities". Indian Journal of Applied Economics, July–September, 1998, pp. 291–301.
• 2009, September, "Is it Inevitable that Evolution Self Destruct?" Futures, vol.41, no. 10 (December, 2009): 754–75. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2009.07.003